in snatches

基本解释

The work was done in snatches.
这件工作是断断续续做成的。
He passed on the news which came to him in snatches.
他把零零碎碎听来的消息告诉了别人。
Reading is only a partial solution. for the monotonous rhythm of the wheels clicking on the rails soon lulls you to sleep. During the day, sleep comes in snatches.
读书并不能解决所有问题，因为车轮在轨道上单调而有节奏的咔嗒咔嗒声会催人入眠。

Madonna, it would seem, cannot meet a fantasy without wanting to indulge it, and the film fritters itself away in wisps of closeup and snatches of song.
NEWYORKER: W.E.
In the next round, GenJam boots out the worst snatches of cacophony and replaces them with snatches that received the thumbs-up.
ECONOMIST: Musical computers
To cope with the strain of managing Japan's biggest brokerage, Nomura Holdings Chief Executive Kenichi Watanabe snatches three-minute meditations when he's holed up in his Tokyo office.
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