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piecemeal

英 ['piːsmiːl] 美 ['pismil]

解释

adv. 零碎地；逐个地
adj. 零碎的；逐渐的
n. 片；块
vt. 粉碎

※ 提供单词"piecemeal"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

piecemeal 零碎的

piece,一块，一片，meal,此处来自其古义分配时间，指定时间。引申词义零碎的。

英文词源

piecemeal: piecemeal: see meal
piecemeal (adv.): c. 1300 (originally two words), from piece (n.) + Old English mælum "at a time," dative plural of mæl "appointed time, food served" (see meal (n.1)). The second element once was more commonly used, as in Old English styccemælum "bit by bit," gearmælum "year by year." One-word form from 15c.

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例句和用法

1. 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。

2. a piecemeal approach to dealing with the problem: 全无章法的解决问题的方式

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Instead of the government's piecemeal approach, what is needed is a radical shake-up of 16-19 education.: 需要的不是政府零敲碎打的措施，而是要对16至19岁年龄段的教育进行彻底变革。