1.fits and starts 断断续续的
Because of other commitments I can only write my book in fits and starts.
由于还承担着其他任务,我只能断断续续地写书。
2.incline to do 倾向于做某事
The government is more effective than we incline to think.
政府的效率比我们所惯常以为的要高。
3.inch up 缓慢上升
A Los Angeles research firm said PDA chip content will inch up marginally in 2002.
一家洛杉矶调查公司称,2002年掌上电脑的芯片容量将比上一年略有爬升。