Youth only recognizes age by fits and starts .

青春只是偶尔认识老年。

Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts.

大多数人对待理想时冷时热。

Reading is not the night five drum, is work by fits and starts.

读不在三更五鼓，功只怕一曝十寒。

As you may know that most people in China learn English by fits and starts.

正如你所知道的，中国大多数人学习英语都是忽冷忽热。

After a deep three-year recession the world high tech industry seems to be moving forward, if still by fits and starts.

经历了三年的严重衰退之后，目前世界高技术产业虽然还时有波动，但看起来正在步入复苏。

Still, he warned that paying for the wars in Iraq in Afghanistan in fits and starts undermines military planning and risks the gains made by American troops.

他仍然警告阿富汗伊拉克战争的适当开销和启动破坏了军事计划并且使美军取得的成果遭受危险。

It was ferociously hot, and the air quality became so bad that by the evening the noise of nearby trains stuttered in in fits and starts, distorted through the shifting air.

天气非常酷热，空气品质奇差无比，傍晚时分，邻近的火车缓步前进的吵杂声此起彼落，那吵杂声在变换的气流里失了真。