Before the rig exploded , america was inching fitfully towards a coherent energy policy .
钻井平台爆炸前,美国正沿着一贯的能源政策路线蹒跚前行。
He dozed fitfully , and then slept .
他间断地打着盹,接着就睡着了。
Both cause you to sleep fitfully or to wake .
两起因您一阵阵睡觉或醒来。
As the government struggles to hold its own employees to account , attempts to prosecute private firms are proceeding fitfully .
由于政府正挣扎着让自己的员工承担责任,对私人公司的公诉就时断时续。
Electricity comes fitfully : a huge headache for factories that need to operate around the clock to turn a profit .
电力供应时断时续,这让争分夺秒创收益的工厂头痛不已。
For example , sleeping fitfully was associated with greater body weight in women but not in men .
比如,睡眠不稳的妇女体重更易超重,但对男性则不关紧要。
But having pursued welfare reform only fitfully when times were good , the government can hardly complain that its latest , more radical efforts have fallen on bad ones .
但是因为探索福利改革只有时机恰当才合适,政府不能抱怨最近更彻底的努力生不逢时。
Cme 's attempts to clear credit-default swaps ( cdss ) , the most reviled otc derivatives , have proceeded fitfully .