商务英语：今日热词——混杂
《财富》（中文版）
2015年12月04日
EXAMPLE: The young boy's story was an amalgam of facts and his imagination.
这个小伙子的故事夹杂着事实与想像。
这个小伙子的故事夹杂着事实与想像。
今日单词：
| 单词 | amalgam |
| 中文释义 |
混杂（名词） |
| 英文释义 |
(noun) A combination; often, a confused mixture. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: The young boy's story was an amalgam of facts and his imagination. 这个小伙子的故事夹杂着事实与想像。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 | by fits and starts |
| 中文释义 |
断断续续 |
| 英文释义 |
To proceed intermittently; to move forward without consistent, regular progress. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: Since he was quite busy as a high school teacher and the father of two young children, the novelist wrote his first book by fits and starts. 这位小说家在写第一部小说时是位高中老师，又是两个小孩的父亲，平日相当忙碌，所以小说是断断续续写出来的。 |
