sporadic

1. ADJ Sporadic occurrences of something happen at irregular intervals. 零星的

...a year of sporadic fighting in the north of the country. …該國(guó)北部有零星戰(zhàn)火的一年。

2. sporadicallyADV 零星地[ADV with v]

The distant thunder from the coast continued sporadically. 遠(yuǎn)處海岸仍然零星地傳來(lái)雷聲。