| 单词 | piecemeal |
| 释义 | piecemeal adverb,adjective oftendisapprovinguk/ˈpiːs.miːl/us/ˈpiːs.miːl/not doneaccordingto aplanbut done at differenttimesin differentways: 一步一步的（地）；逐渐的（地）；逐个的（地）；零散的（地）Unfortunately, everything is being done piecemeal.遗憾的是，所有的一切都零零星星地进行。 Not expected or planned
piecemeal| American Dictionarypiecemeal adjective,adverb[not gradable] us/ˈpisˌmil/not doneaccordingto aplanbut done at differenttimesin differentways: Do wefixit all now, or do weapproachit piecemeal overtime? Examplesofpiecemealpiecemeal Functionalist analyses of representations as making irreducible differences to behavior arepiecemealvindications of the scientific significance of oldfashioned agent causation. From theCambridge English Corpus However, subsequent e^orts to privatize these 314 public-sector enterprises proceeded slowly and inpiecemealfashion. From theCambridge English Corpus Virtually all countries have experimented with land reform in different guises, from thepiecemealto the revolutionary, with varying degrees of success. From theCambridge English Corpus And it is not just the policy fragments which have emergedpiecemealand reactive, it is the institutions which they have breathlessly created. From theCambridge English Corpus The individual client communicates hispiecemealevaluative judgments to the welfare economist, who will summarize them into an ordering. From theCambridge English Corpus It just means that answers will come slowly and in a verypiecemealway. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet such apiecemealapproach is simplistic in relation to actual landscapes, -where many of these questions have to be borne in mind simultaneously. From theCambridge English Corpus Moral progress is possible, but advance will always bepiecemealand constrained by the moral pilgrim's prior (unavoidably flawed) quality of discernment. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, why take the trouble to acquire informationpiecemealwhen it can be had wholesale? From theCambridge English Corpus Unlike policy in some other fields, officials tend to modify welfare policies inpiecemealfashion. From theCambridge English Corpus Thispiecemealapproach has produced several gaps in understanding. From theCambridge English Corpus Also, they are more likely, perhaps, to possess a coherence lacking in thepiecemealapplication of individual studies. From theCambridge English Corpus In a pluralistic society we cannot always rely on the possibility of apiecemealconsensus. From theCambridge English Corpus Observers were told not to press any button if they experiencedpiecemealor ambiguous percepts. From theCambridge English Corpus However, this reanalysis 'comes inpiecemealwith each wh-word ' (p. 171). From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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