ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] （变化或过程）逐渐发生的，零敲碎打的，零散的 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. （变化或过程）逐渐发生的，零敲碎打的，零散的 [disapproval]
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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。
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...piecemeal changes to the constitution.
对宪法零星的修订
SYN unsystematic, interrupted, partial, patchy
Piecemeal is also an adverb.
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The government plans to sell the railways piecemeal to the private sector.
政府计划逐步将铁路私有化。
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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。
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