1.fits and starts 斷斷續續的
Because of other commitments I can only write my book in fits and starts.
由于還承擔著其他任務,我只能斷斷續續地寫書。
2.incline to do 傾向于做某事
The government is more effective than we incline to think.
政府的效率比我們所慣常以為的要高。
3.inch up 緩慢上升
A Los Angeles research firm said PDA chip content will inch up marginally in 2002.
一家洛杉磯調查公司稱,2002年掌上電腦的芯片容量將比上一年略有爬升。