on-again-off-again

/on-uh-gen -awf-uh-gen, of-, awn-/US // ˈɒn əˌgɛn ˈɔf əˌgɛn, ˈɒf-, ˈɔn- //

时断时续,断断续续,断断续续的,断断续续地

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : being in force or inoperative by turns, especially spasmodically and unpredictably: an on-again, off-again romance.

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Synonyms

Normal People, her next novel, followed an on-again, off-again romance between two teenagers into their university years, pulling a thread of domestic violence and female subjugation.
Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.
Again, the difference can seem subtle and sound more like splitting hairs, but the difference is important.
Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
Then they came up against a police patrol on mountain bicycles, which again led to more shooting, without injuries.
Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
And that was that if he and his wife were to ever live together again and be happy, the family were to be kept out of it.
Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
"Better so," was the Senora's sole reply; and she fell again into still deeper, more perplexed thought about the hidden treasure.
Before the outlaw can comply with this small request the horn sounds again.

/on-uh-gen -awf-uh-gen, of-, awn-/US // ˈɒn əˌgɛn ˈɔf əˌgɛn, ˈɒf-, ˈɔn- //

时断时续,断断续续,断断续续的,断断续续地

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : being in force or inoperative by turns, especially spasmodically and unpredictably: an on-again, off-again romance.

as inspotty

Synonyms

Normal People, her next novel, followed an on-again, off-again romance between two teenagers into their university years, pulling a thread of domestic violence and female subjugation.
Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.
Again, the difference can seem subtle and sound more like splitting hairs, but the difference is important.
Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
Then they came up against a police patrol on mountain bicycles, which again led to more shooting, without injuries.
Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
And that was that if he and his wife were to ever live together again and be happy, the family were to be kept out of it.
Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
"Better so," was the Senora's sole reply; and she fell again into still deeper, more perplexed thought about the hidden treasure.
Before the outlaw can comply with this small request the horn sounds again.