People started arriving in dribs and drabs from nine o’clock onwards.

钟起，们开始三三两两地到了。

Life was now drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas.

比起海外那种更富有刺激的生活方式来,现在的生活显得了无生。

He paid back the money in dribs and drabs.

他一一地还钱。