| 单词 | piecemeal |
| 释义 | piecemeal (once / 5126 pages) adjadv When you do something piecemeal, you're doing it little by little, but in a seemingly random way, with no order or system. Say you're a computer geek and someone calls you desperate to find out how to fix a computer that's just crashed. If you respond piecemeal to the caller's questions, she'll have to call you back many times to get all the information she needs to get the computer up again. You may like to talk to her, but she's not going to be impressed with your computer smarts. WORD FAMILYpiecemeal USAGE EXAMPLESThe epidemic is addressed piecemeal, by churches, police, judges, nonprofit groups and volunteers. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Despite reforms under the previous government, Myanmar's land laws are piecemeal and contain overlapping provisions. Reuters(Dec 22, 2016) Philosopher of science Eric Scerri asserts otherwise in this thoughtful treatise on research as evolution, not revolution — collective, piecemeal endeavour rather than heroic act. Nature(Dec 20, 2016) 1adj one thing at a time Syn bit-by-bit, in small stages, step-by-step, stepwise gradual proceeding in small stages 2adv a little bit at a time the research structure has developed piecemeal Syn bit by bit, in stages, little by little |
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