piecemeal

英 [ˈpiːsmiːl]

美 [ˈpiːsmiːl]

adj.  逐渐做成(或发生)的; 零敲碎打的; 零散的
adv.  逐渐地; 零碎地; 一件一件

IELTSGRE

Collins.1 / BNC.14731 / COCA.19660

牛津词典

adj.

• 逐渐做成（或发生）的；零敲碎打的；零散的
  done or happening gradually at different times and often in different ways, rather than carefully planned at the beginning
  1. a piecemeal approach to dealing with the problem
     全无章法的解决问题的方式
  2. piecemeal changes
     零星的变化

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （变化或过程）逐渐发生的，零敲碎打的，零散的
  If you describe a change or process aspiecemeal, you disapprove of it because it happens gradually, usually at irregular intervals, and is probably not satisfactory.
  1. Instead of the government's piecemeal approach, what is needed is a radical shake-up of 16-19 education.
     需要的不是政府零敲碎打的措施，而是要对16至19岁年龄段的教育进行彻底变革。
  2. ...piecemeal changes to the constitution.
     对宪法零星的修订
  3. Piecemealis also an adverb.
     
  4. The government plans to sell the railways piecemeal to the private sector...
     政府计划逐步将铁路私有化。
  5. It was built piecemeal over some 130 years.
     它是在差不多130年的时间里一点一点地建造起来的。

英英释义

adj

• one thing at a time
  Synonym:bit-by-bitin small stagesstep-by-stepstepwise

adv

• a little bit at a time
  1. the research structure has developed piecemeal
  Synonym:little by littlebit by bitin stages

双语例句

• Later on I wrote novels by the same piecemeal method.
  接下来，我用同样的零碎时间方法写小说。
• We have to destroy it piecemeal.
  要解决它，就要一个一个地来。
• Piecemeal measures will no longer work, he says.
  他说，零星措施不再有效。
• Gaogangli only received piecemeal and incremental changes in housing conditions and infrastructure.
  高岗里则仅仅逐步地改善了住房条件和基础设施；
• Realizing data deletion and reversion piecemeal or in batches with mechanism of recycle bin;
  采用回收站的机制在库中管理单条和成批的波谱数据；
• Let's settle the matter at one stroke, not piecemeal.; Let's do this at one go, not bit by bit.
  把这事一气儿解决了吧，别零敲碎打了。
• Growing economic self-confidence-even complacency-is breeding a more piecemeal approach, less reliant on foreign expertise and capital.
  不断增长的经济自信（甚至自满），正在孕育一种更为渐进的方式。这种方式减少了对外国技术和资本的依赖。
• Allen first two poor, in a piecemeal Liang Wenbo in his first two, made a perfect start.
  前两局艾伦状态不佳，梁文博在零敲碎打中拿下前两局，取得一个完美开局。
• The gradual and piecemeal change is welcomed by most people.
  这种一点一点渐进的改变受到大多数人的欢迎。
• But without formal financial instruments to organize and focus that investment, it will remain a piecemeal endeavor that can only affect development indirectly.
  但是，如缺乏正规金融工具来组织和有重点地使用此类投资，他们的努力仍将是微不足道，只能对发展产生间接影响。