| 单词 | piecemeal |
| 释义 | piecemeal (piːsmiːl ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] 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. [disapproval] The piecemeal approach, one country after another, is not a good one. ...piecemeal changes to the constitution. Synonyms: unsystematic, interrupted, partial, patchy Piecemeal is also an adverb. The government plans to sell the railways piecemeal to the private sector. It was built piecemeal over some 130 years. Collocations: piecemeal basis Built in 1779, its buildings comprise 315 rooms that once functioned, in a manner of speaking, on a piecemeal basis. Times, Sunday Times The banks that control it dismissed the bid as too low, opting to pursue the sale of the 40 eateries on a piecemeal basis. Times, Sunday Times The river formed on a piecemeal basis beginning between 2.5 and 3 million years ago. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All other materials were sold or given on a piecemeal basis. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are to clean up bricks and do it on a piecemeal basis (15 cents a brick). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 逐渐而零碎的变化或过程 Japanese: 断片的な |
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