英:[ˈpi:smi:l]
美:[ˈpisˌmil]
英:[ˈpi:smi:l]
美:[ˈpisˌmil]
piece·meal
pis mil
adverb
by adding or doing one piece at a time; gradually.I acquired my collection piecemeal.
adjective
done or made one piece at a time.The government promised reform but we have seen only piecemeal progress.
“by pieces, in pieces, piece by piece, bit by bit,” 约于1300年, pece-mele,由 piece(n.1)和中古英语 meal “固定时间,时间段,场合”组成,源自古英语 mælum “一次”, mæl 的复数格,意为“指定的时间,上菜的食物”(参见 meal(n.1))。第二个元素曾经更常见,如古英语 styccemælum “一点一点地”。比较 gearmælum “一年一年地”,以及 inchmeal。
逐点
一部分一部分地
逐段
The first known use of piecemeal was in the 14th century
piercing1 of 2adjective
having the ability to enter, pierce, or penetrate: as
loud and shrill
piercing screams
perceptive, keen
a piercing glance
very cold
a piercing wind
piercing2 of 2noun
a piece of jewelry (as a ring or stud) that is attached to pierced flesh
pierceverb
to run into or through as a pointed weapon does : stab
to enter or thrust into sharply or painfully
to make a hole in or through
have one's ears pierced
to force or make a way into or through
pierce the enemy's line
to penetrate with the eye or mind : see through
to stir the emotions of : move
piercedadjective
having holes
having a hole for the attachment of a piece of jewelry a pierced tongue
pierced ears
designed for pierced ears
pierced earrings
pierceverb
to run into or through as a pointed weapon does : stab
to enter or thrust into sharply or painfully
to make a hole in or through
have one's ears pierced
to force or make a way into or through
pierce the enemy's line
to penetrate with the eye or mind : see through
to stir the emotions of : move
piernoun
a support for a bridge
a structure built out into the water for use as a landing place or walk or to protect or form a harbor
an upright supporting part (as a pillar or buttress) of a building or structure
piedmontadjective
lying or formed at the base of mountains
piedadjective
having blotches of two or more colors
pieceworknoun
work paid for at a rate based on the number of articles produced rather than the time spent working
pieceworknoun
work paid for at a rate based on the number of articles produced rather than the time spent working
piecemeal1 of 2adverb
one piece at a time : gradually
in pieces : apart
piecemeal2 of 2adjective
done, made, or accomplished piece by piece or in an incomplete way
piecemeal reforms
1 But I did notice a few walkouts at “Against,” the intellectually challenging if dramatically piecemeal play from the American writer Christopher Shinn, at the Almeida Theater through Sept. 30.
2 It is also because politicians have a strong desire to tinker piecemeal.
另一个原因在于,政界人士强烈希望修补残局。
3 Cheng’s exhibition captures the tenor of our times, when droughts, nukes and global warming put the Earth at risk and we, as a species, have responded in an ad hoc, piecemeal and absurdly inadequate manner.
4 Then the evolution is not organic but frustratingly piecemeal.
5 He’s seen piecemeal legislation from his colleagues in the lower chamber sputter and die.
6 Taylor died in March at age 79, and Christie's has been selling off her possessions piecemeal.
7 A piecemeal approach to China's internationalization is doomed to failure.
各个击破式地应对中国的国际化注定将要失败.
8 If you have tests, perhaps you could adopt more of the other practices in a piecemeal fashion, but why would you want to?
如果您有了一些测试,您或许能够进一步零零碎碎地采用更多其它的测试,但您为什么要这样做呢?
9 But Harsha DE Silva, an economist, argues that this piecemeal fund-raising is insufficient.
但一位经济学家德席瓦尔认为这种零散的资金募集方式是不够的。
10 A fragment of Mr. Schulberg’s work arrives, belatedly and truncated, with “Nuremberg,” an assemblage of surviving footage that gains some power from its piecemeal state.
11 She seems to be embarked on a project, however piecemeal and modestly scaled, of redefining just what it is we talk about when we talk about acting.
12 Marvel doesn’t release digital-sales numbers, but piecemeal statistics have shown female characters performing especially well in digital formats.
13 The reasons for her rebellion emerge piecemeal, starting with the first wedding, and imply a greater, more destabilizing insurrection is in process.
14 She also unsuccessfully lobbied Netflix to release the episodes piecemeal instead of all at once.
15 If “Nerve Show” has a piecemeal structure, and moments that churn in place rather than moving forward, that might be a reflection of a creative process punctured by obstacles and interruptions.
16 Virtual-reality film content lends itself more easily to animation than live-action film shoots, where an entire world must be created and controlled at once, as opposed to animation's more piecemeal approach.
17 This effort emerges piecemeal through a combination of archival imagery, original interviews and supplementary material, including a great many shimmering beauty shots of the island and its residents, though primarily men, on the water.
18 But it is possible to add to the planet's resilience, often through simple and piecemeal actions, if they are well thought through.
但如果我们仔细想一想,通过一些简易零碎的举措来增强地球的恢复性还是有可能的。
19 But these, critics say, are piecemeal.
但是,在批评者看来,这些都是小打小闹。
20 It had never been planned; it had grown piecemeal, with past and present overlapping at every spot, and the final effect was one of jumbled and squalid grandeur.
2 破碎地
3 片断的
4 零零碎碎的
7 零碎
divisional bitty paltrily scrappily trivialism trivialness by piecemeal segmental apart oddment odds and sods odds and ends broken snippy oddly
8 片段的
9 部分的
11 一块一块地
12 部分
partial partly part deal cut percentage segment fractional half part-way mero- member piece theme division portion proportion parcel strand quantum semi- demi- of
13 逐渐
gradual increasingly gently gradually gradatim a bit at a time stage by stage length by length in process of time by piecemeal poco a poco by bits step by step accelerando by easy stages little by little bit by bit inch by inch step-by-step stepwise peu a peu gradational foot by foot in course of time
14 破碎
broken shattered fragmentized asunder smash fracture fragmentation crack-up smashup break fragment shatter rive break to pieces come to pieces in pieces
16 一点一点
inchmeal peu a peu by little and little by piecemeal by small and small piece by piece by inches
17 逐渐地
increasingly gently gradually gradatim a bit at a time stage by stage length by length in process of time by piecemeal by bits step by step by easy stages
18 渐渐地
19 零碎地
20 一点一点地
dribs and drabs inchmeal by little and little by piecemeal by small and small piece by piece by inches
21 一块一块
23 粉碎
smashing smash crack-up trituration pulverization shatter crumble pulverize shiver break powder disrupt demolish scotch atomize cut in pieces reduce to matchwood break to pieces come to pieces cut to pieces cut into pieces
24 逐渐的
25 零散的
26 断片
fractional fragmentary discerption section piece segment scrap fragment selvage selvedge shive fractional tower disjecta membra
27 破碎的
28 一件一件地
30 部分地