piece·meal /ˈpisˌmil, ˈmi(ə)l/
(ad.)一件一件,一片(a.)一片一片的,逐漸的斷片
Piece·meal adv.
1. In pieces; in parts or fragments. “On which it piecemeal brake.”
The beasts will tear thee piecemeal. --Tennyson.
2. Piece by piece; by little and little in succession.
Piecemeal they win, this acre first, than that. --Pope.
Piece·meal, a. Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. “These piecemeal guilts.”
Piece·meal, n. A fragment; a scrap.
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piecemeal
adj : one thing at a time [syn: bit-by-bit, in small stages, step-by-step,
stepwise]
adv : a little bit at a time; "the research structure has
developed piecemeal" [syn: little by little, bit by
bit, in stages]