piecemeal
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈpiːs.miːl]
- 美式音标 [ˈpiːs.miːl]
- 国际音标 ['pi:smi:l]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adv. 零碎地;逐个地
- adj. 零碎的;逐渐的
- n. 片;块
- vt. 粉碎
词根记忆
- piece(片) + meal(进食)→面包要一片片地吃→逐渐的
英汉例句
- a piecemeal approach to dealing with the problem
全无章法的解决问题的方式 - A lack of narrative drive leaves the reader with piecemeal vignettes.
述缺乏吸引力,读者读到的只是一些支离破碎的片段. - Let's settle the matter at one stroke , not piecemeal.
把这事一气儿解决了吧, 别零敲碎打了. - a piecemeal approach to dealing with the problem
全无章法的解决问题的方式 - 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。
词组短语
- piecemeal development 零碎发展;零星建筑
- piecemeal activity 部分活动
- piecemeal conversion 阶段性转换
- by piecemeal 翻译;一件一件地
- piecemeal inspection 逐段检查
短语
英英字典
- not done according to a plan but done at different times in different ways
- If you describe a change or process as piecemeal, you disapprove of it because it happens gradually, usually at irregular intervals, and is probably not satisfactory.
- Piecemeal is also an adverb.