intermittently：间歇地；断断续续地；时有时无地（指某事发生或持续并不连贯，中间有停顿或空档）。
The internet connection works intermittently.
网络连接时好时坏。
She worked intermittently on the novel over ten years, returning to it whenever she had time.
她断断续续地写那部小说长达十年，只要有空就回头继续写。
来自 intermittent（间歇的）+ -ly（副词后缀）。intermittent 源于拉丁语 intermittere，意为“让……中断、暂停”（inter- “在……之间” + mittere “放、送”）。因此 intermittently 强调“在一段持续过程中，夹杂着停顿”。
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