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

• 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。
• In this edition, a file, page, or piecemeal restore is online by default.
  在此版本中，文件还原、页面还原或段落还原默认处于在线状态。
• Piecemeal defection for any weak country is dangerous, unpredictable and costly.
  对任何弱小的成员国来说，一步一步地脱离欧元区都是危险、前途未卜和代价高昂的。
• What we have learned is that it is difficult to control costs piecemeal and just as difficult to expand access using an incremental approach.
  我们所了解的是，很难控制成本和片面的，正如难以拓展采用渐进的办法。
• Second, the modernization is proceeding slowly and in a piecemeal manner.
  其次，现代化进程进行地缓慢而又零碎。
• The piecemeal approach, one country after another, is not a good one.
  一个国家接一个国家，都是采取零碎的应对措施，这不是个好办法。
• 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。
• In so far as historicism is technological, its approach is not piecemeal, but'holistic '.
  仅就历史决定论是一种技术而论，它的方法不是渐进的，而是“整体主义的”。
• 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；