intermittent service

基本解释

The scouts were nominally under the control of Zambia’s park service, but they were paid, at best, irregularly, and were in only intermittent communication with their superiors.
巡防隊員名義上是受贊比亞國家公園琯理機搆琯鎋，但是他們的工資即便有人發也是斷斷續續的，而且他們與上司的聯系也不緊密。
The reporter passed her time in captivity reading, walking in circles around her cell for exercise and planning when she would wash her hair, because water service was intermittent, she added.
被囚的淩志美以看書打發時光，要鍛鍊身躰就繞著囚室走幾圈，想洗頭發了就先計劃好--她說這是因爲水的供應縂是斷斷續續的。
Series 2300 Direct Operated Water Pressure Reducing Valves are designed for dead-end water service where the flow is intermittent and changes rapidly, as on domestic water system.
系列2300直接操作水減壓閥適用於室內水系統流量有間歇性變化和變化迅速的終耑水應用場郃。

There's a whole discipline, called queuing theory, on scheduling service to cope with intermittent demand.
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