irregularly
adverb uk/ɪˈreɡ.jə.lə.li/ us/ɪˈreɡ.jə.lɚ.li/
(TIME/SPACE)
不定期地;无规律地
in a way that does not happen at regular times or does not have regular spaces in between
You may feel that your heart is beating irregularly. 你可能会觉得你的心跳不规律。
The path is made up of large, irregularly laid stones. 这条小路是由不规则的大石头铺成的。
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- Taking the wrong antibiotic, or taking it irregularly, could compromise your immune system.
- Streetlights in the city function irregularly and traffic lights not at all.
- She had been eating very irregularly and fainted.
- News and letters from the outside world arrived irregularly, if at all.
- The houses were on irregularly placed, tilted stilts.
(SHAPE)
不规则地
in a way that is not regular in shape or form, or has parts of different shapes or sizes
The mole on her back grew and became irregularly shaped. 她背上的痣越来越大，呈不规则形状。
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- Five irregularly cut pieces of paper are put together to complete a jigsaw puzzle.
- The words were jumbled and irregularly formed on the page.
- The boulder is irregularly angular in shape.
(RULE)
不合常规地，不正常地
in a way that breaks the rules, or is not as should be done or as expected
It seems that the magistrate acted irregularly. 地方法官的行为似乎是不规范的。
language specialized（词语变化）不规则地
in a way that does not follow usual rules of grammar in a language
The verb acts irregularly. 这是一个不规则动词。
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- These are people who didn't enter the asylum procedure but who are staying irregularly.
- The order was reversed because it had been made by an irregularly convened council.
- irregularly formed plurals such as goose/geese and mouse/mice
See: irregular