1·The work was done in snatches.
这件工作是断断续续做成的。
2·On the train, we sleep in snatches.
在火车上我们断断续续的睡着。
3·During the day, sleep comes in snatches.
白天是忽睡忽醒。
4·Sleep came to him in brief snatches.
他时睡时醒。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·In a maneuver rarely seen and never before photographed, a raven snatches a chick by the leg after pecking into the egg.
既很少见到，又从未拍摄的一次演习中，一只乌鸦，啄食一只鹤蛋以后，再用它的下肢抓取了里面的没有出壳的小鹤。
6·Snatches of that music he heard last night keep running in his mind.
他昨晚听到的音乐中有几个片段不断地萦绕在他的脑际。
7·Sounds drifted up from the square below: snatches of drunken song, the yowling of a cat in heat, the far-off ring of steel on steel.
传来下面广场的声音：一阵醉酒般的歌声，烫了尾巴的猫叫，远处的金铁交鸣声。
8·She looked exactly like someone who had been up all night with snatches of sleep in between.
她当时看起来就像是一夜没睡，间中只断断续续睡了一会儿的样子。
9·Whichever among the various senses the wandering mind becomes engrossed in that sense certainly leads astray his intelligence like the wind snatches away a boat on the water.
就象强风会把水面上的船吹跑了一样，游荡的心神如果被各种感官中的任何一个所占有，就一定会使心智误入歧途。
10·Moreover, too much TV snatches away opportunities to communicate with family and friends and will result in coldness and a distance between us.
而且看太多的电视夺走了我们与家人和朋友交流的机会并且是我们之间疏远。