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

• 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。
• It is even more lamentable that reforms remain piecemeal.
  但更加可悲的是改革依然只是零敲碎打。
• We have to destroy it piecemeal.
  要解决它，就要一个一个地来。
• Past banking crises show that late, piecemeal rescues cost more and work less well.
  过往的银行危机证明了迟到而零散的救助不仅成本更高，而且效果更差。
• 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。
• Piecemeal measures will no longer work, he says.
  他说，零星措施不再有效。
• Piecemeal Reform and the Complicated Interactions of Public Policies
  局部改革与公共政策效果的交互性和复杂性
• 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。
• The piecemeal engineer can attack his problem with an open mind as to the scope of the reform.
  渐进工程师可以在改革的范围中不抱成见地提出自己的问题。