
英:/'ˈfɪtfəli/ 美:/'ˈfɪtfəli/
adv. 斷斷續續地;發作地
For a while she dozed fitfully.
她斷斷續續地小睡了片刻。
Attempts to reinvent Michigan have moved fitfully.
試圖斷斷續續徹底改造密歇根州。
Mary nestled up against her mother and dozed fitfully.
瑪麗依偎著母親,斷斷續續地打瞌睡。
Mary nestled up against her mother and dozed fitfully.
瑪麗依偎着母親,斷斷續續地打瞌睡。
The hours passed fitfully, as I lay awake thinking and praying.
時間過得斷斷續續,那晚我時醒時睡,當我醒着時就思考和祈禱。
adv.|brokenly;斷斷續續地;發作地
“fitfully”是副詞,描述事物以不規律、斷斷續續的方式發生,常帶有不可預測性或間歇性。例如“The baby slept fitfully, waking every hour”(嬰兒睡得斷斷續續,每小時醒一次),或“Negotiations progressed fitfully over months”(談判在數月間時斷時續地推進)。該詞源自形容詞“fitful”(由“fit”表示“一陣發作”與後綴“-ful”構成),最早可追溯至17世紀,用于文學和日常語境中描述不穩定的狀态。
權威詞典如《牛津英語詞典》指出,其核心語義與“間歇性爆發後伴隨停頓”相關。劍橋詞典則補充,該詞常用于睡眠、自然現象(如風雨)或人類活動(如工作進度)的語境。同義詞包括“intermittently”“spasmodically”,反義詞為“steadily”“continuously”。
根據多個權威詞典的解釋,單詞fitfully 的詳細釋義如下:
描述不規律的動作
形容光線或現象的斷續性
社會或事件的不穩定狀态
如需更多例句或搭配,可參考有道詞典()或海詞詞典的完整内容。
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