starts

n. (pl.) (lit.) fits and starts; incoherent snatches,desultory and fragmentary representatio n,sepa-rate episodes （本义）一阵又一阵，时断时续；不连贯的片断，无条理而且片片断断的演出，不连接的插曲。
△H.V.5.2.406(Epil.4): “Mangling by starts the full course of theirglory.”用不连贯的片断糟蹋了他们的光辉业绩。