Terrorism sputters on, but the government has learned to cope with it.恐怖活动仍不断发生，但政府已知道如何应对。Later, stealing books in the library has sputterd on.此后，该图书馆的丢书现象依然不断发生。Such a situation will sputter on for a month or so.这种困难局面还将持续一个月左右。His unspectacular career sputtered on.他继续过着平凡的生涯。