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piece together
Translationspiece (piːs) noun1. a part of anything. a piece of cake; He examined it carefully piece by piece (= each piece separately). 部分，塊 部分，块 2. a single thing or example of something. a piece of paper; a piece of news. 個別事例 个别事例3. a composition in music, writing (an article, short story etc), drama, sculpture etc. He wrote a piece on social reform in the local newspaper. 篇 篇4. a coin of a particular value. a five-pence piece. 錢幣 钱币5. in chess, draughts and other games, a small shape made of wood, metal, plastic etc that is moved according to the rules of the game. 棋子 棋子ˌpieceˈmeal adverb a little bit at a time; not as a whole. He did the work piecemeal. 一件一件地 一件一件地 adjective done etc in this way. He has a rather piecemeal way of working. 零碎的 零碎的go (all) to pieces (of a person) to collapse physically or nervously. She went to pieces when her husband died. 身體(或精神上)垮下來，崩潰 身体（或精神上）垮下来，崩溃 in pieces1. with its various parts not joined together. The bed is delivered in pieces and the customer has to put it together himself. 散件 散件2. broken. The vase was lying in pieces on the floor. 碎片 碎片piece together to put (the pieces of something) together. They tried to piece together the fragments of the broken vase. 拼合 拼合to pieces into separate, usually small pieces, or into the various parts from which (something) is made. It was so old, it fell to pieces when I touched it. 成為碎片 成为碎片
piece together
piece (something) together1. Literally, to fit the pieces of something together into a whole. She got some super glue and pieced the broken lamp back together.2. To make sense of something by analyzing multiple pieces of information and drawing a conclusion based on what they collectively indicate. Federal investigators are experts at piecing evidence together to track down criminals. At first I was confused by all the strange ways Janet was behaving, but then I pieced it together and realized what she's been up to.See also: piece, togetherpiece something togetherto fit something together; to assemble the pieces of something, such as a puzzle or something puzzling, and make sense of it. The police were unable to piece the story together. The detective tried to piece together the events leading up to the crime.See also: piece, togetherpiece togetherJoin or combine parts into a whole, as in With information from several observers, she pieced together an account of what had actually taken place . [Late 1500s] See also: piece, togetherpiece togetherv. To join or unite the pieces of something: We pieced the broken vase together. The detective pieced together the sequence of events leading up to the accident by interviewing witnesses.See also: piece, togetherEncyclopediaSeepieceFinancialSeePiece |