橘子朗文词典

piecemeal

P 开头单词雅思备考词SAT词汇

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

同根派生

     

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

    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

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • not done according to a plan but done at different times in different ways

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • 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.