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News of that discovery, at Fermilab, trickled out in dribs and drabs over several months in 1995.
1995年費米實驗室那項發(fā)現(xiàn)的消息幾個月內(nèi)零星地泄露（透露）出一點點。
After about a year of schooling as a boy—and that spread out in dribs and drabs of three months here and four months there—Lincoln taught himself.
林肯小時候大約上了一年學(xué)，但也是這兒上幾個月哪兒上幾個月這樣念的，之后他就是自學(xué)的。
To keep the game interesting, most of it is paid out in dribs and drabs: a machine that returned $95,000 of every $100,000 in one huge jackpot once in a blue moon would be too disheartening to play.
為了讓賭戲保持吸引力，機器回饋的獎金都是零零碎碎的：如果在一回千載難逢的機遇下一次性返還獎池內(nèi)10萬美元的95%則太過令人沮喪，玩興全無。

Another is the way that bad news comes to light in dribs and drabs, rather than in one cathartic revelation.
ECONOMIST: A liquidity squeeze
Holders of mutual funds lose out from such activities in dribs and drabs, since they are not able to take advantage of these price discrepancies.
ECONOMIST: Everyone’s making money except the customers The