sunny/bright intervals• East Anglia: Rather cloudy, mainly dry, some sunny intervals.• Many shelteredcentral and south-eastern areas might stay dry with perhaps some sunny intervals.• Any overnightmist or fog will clear quickly to leave most of the country with sunny intervals and scatteredshowers.• The day should gradually become dry with sunny intervals.• Outlook for tomorrow and Sunday: Mainly dry and mild, with sunny intervals after clearance of any early mist or fog.
at weekly/20-minute etc intervals• After ingestion of sucrose, breathhydrogen was measuredat 20 minute intervals for 160 minutes.
4at regular intervals
a)REGULARsomething that happens at regularintervals happens often 每隔一定时间
The phone rang at regular intervals all afternoon.
整个下午每隔一定时间电话铃就响一次。
b)REGULARobjects that are placed at regular intervals have all been placed at the same distance from each other 〔物件〕按相同间距〔摆放〕
Trees had been planted at regular intervals.
树已按均距栽种。
Examples from the Corpus
at regular intervals• If using a cone, spray again at regular intervals.• Better to feed small amounts at regular intervals.• The fog-horn, its sound now muffled by the houses, continued to bleatat regular intervals.• Now for the decorations ... Push the goldcandles into the icingat regular intervals.• They would have to field candidates for a variety of offices at regular intervals or risk being closed.• He may be required to report to a particular individual or place at regular intervals as part of a monitoring process.• Small trees can be planted at regular intervals along a path to create an avenue.• By practicingat regular intervals, the insight and calm of meditation are maintained and amplified.• Feed your puppyat the same regular intervals each day.• He made long sweepsat regular intervals in and around the Teeth, but there was nothing.• These women were given bloodtestsat regular intervals for a year.• There are stations where runners can get water at regular intervals throughout the marathon.
5British EnglishBrEPAUSE a short period of time between the parts of a play, concert etc 〔戏剧、音乐会等中间的〕休息时间,幕间休息SYN American English intermission
ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤brief, short簡短的/短暫的間歇◇She ruled for ten years, except for a brief interval.除了中間短暫的一段時期,她一共統治了 10 年。➤long, wide長時間的/大段的間隔◇You are advised to leave a wide interval before you have your next child.建議您在兩次妊娠之間留出較長的一段間隔期。➤10-minute, six month, three-year, etc. * 10 分鐘、6 個月、3 年等的間隔◇Try setting your automatic email checker to 30-minute intervals.把自動郵件檢查的間隔設成 30 分鐘試試。➤fixed, specified固定的/規定的間隔◇the amount of oxygen used by the muscles during a specified interval規定間隔時間內肌肉的耗氧量➤decent適當的間隔◇After a decent interval she made her new relationship public.特意等了一段時間之後,她公開了自己的新戀情。➤time間隔時間◇They will be interviewed again after an appropriate time interval has elapsed.等上一段適當的時間,他們將會再次接受採訪。PREPOSITION➤at intervals間或◇At intervals a bell rings and workers stop for a drink.鈴聲隔一段時間響起,工人們停下來喝口水。➤in the interval在該時段內◇Polling day was a week away and Baldwin made two speeches in the interval.離投票日還有一週,鮑德溫在此時段內作了兩次演講。➤interval between⋯之間的間隔期◇The intervals between his various illnesses grew shorter and shorter.他生病間隔的時間越來越短了。PHRASES➤at fixed, periodic, regular, etc. intervals按固定的、按定期的、按一定的等間隔◇Trains run at fixed intervals.火車按固定間隔時間發車。◇He returned home during the day at regular intervals.他一天中每隔一定時間就回一次家。➤at irregular intervals, at random intervals按不規則間隔;按任意間隔◇The accounts were updated at irregular intervals.這些賬戶不定時更新。➤at hourly, weekly, monthly, etc. intervals每隔一小時/一週/一個月等◇Meetings are held at monthly intervals.會議每隔一個月舉行一次。