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单词 fragmentary
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Definition of fragmentary in English:

fragmentary

adjective ˈfraɡm(ə)nt(ə)riˈfræɡmənˌtɛri
  • Consisting of small disconnected or incomplete parts.

    支离破碎的,由碎片组成的;不完整的

    excavations have revealed fragmentary remains of masonry

    挖掘工作已经显露出砖石建筑的残破遗迹。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You never have the complete plot line in the way that you would like, so the information is always fragmentary.
    • Originally known from fragmentary remains, a complete and intact skull was found on an expedition in 1988.
    • Having some experience of metal working, he recognised the fragmentary remains as crucibles and clay casting moulds.
    • The sculptures are fragmentary and are often missing vital body parts.
    • The footage was fragmentary and shot in grainy black and white.
    • For folklorists generally, folk beliefs and practices were regarded as the fragmentary and often obscure remnants of older systems.
    • In the recording studios their emphasis on fragmentary noises and localised sound added a whole new dimension to music.
    • The remains are very fragmentary, since it served as a quarry for building materials for many centuries.
    • Not much, perhaps, beyond the fragmentary evidence of case studies and field reports.
    • The music, too, in this act is often fragmentary and lacking in direction.
    • Nothing really major but the whole picture was, in its fragmentary way, more detailed than I'd realised.
    • The only problem then is the fragmentary nature of the production.
    • The fragmentary nature of the rest of the skeletons recovered made gender identification impossible.
    • Inherited verbal or other social responses are fragmentary and trivial.
    • Excavations yielded the remains of at least six adults in the chambers, together with fragmentary remains of children.
    • The unevenness of the research permits the continued use of a fragmentary and inconsistent labelling system.
    • So what we know about the Revolutionary War is very fragmentary and distorted.
    • And what utterly fascinated us was the incompleteness, the fragmentary quality of his writing.
    • The subtlety of the fragmentary relics of ancient hominid fossil evidence was astonishing.
    • The medical information conveyed in these ads is fragmentary and sometimes misleading.
    Synonyms
    incomplete, fragmental, fragmented, disconnected, disjointed, broken, discontinuous, piecemeal, in pieces
    incoherent, inconsistent, scrappy, bitty, sketchy, uneven, patchy, deficient, untidy, unsystematic, jumbled, inconclusive

Derivatives

  • fragmentarily

  • adverb
    • In the first place the elements of a simple past-tense narrative concerning Aristeas do not, even fragmentarily, run sequentially from the beginning to the end of the poem.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Patient viewers will notice that a barely perceptible sheet of glass separates the two women, and they will also register two men seen fragmentarily.
      • These pieces amount to two anthems which survive complete, and some Anglican liturgical music which survives fragmentarily in Durham Cathedral Library and cannot be reconstructed.
      • Popular entertainment depicting disabled characters allude to these fears and prejudice or address them obliquely or fragmentarily, seeking to reassure ourselves.
      • That is, what conceptualization that person was attempting to symbolize, however tentatively and fragmentarily, using the linguistic resources available to him or her.

Definition of fragmentary in US English:

fragmentary

adjectiveˈfraɡmənˌterēˈfræɡmənˌtɛri
  • Consisting of small parts that are disconnected or incomplete.

    支离破碎的,由碎片组成的;不完整的

    excavations have revealed fragmentary remains of masonry

    挖掘工作已经显露出砖石建筑的残破遗迹。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Excavations yielded the remains of at least six adults in the chambers, together with fragmentary remains of children.
    • Originally known from fragmentary remains, a complete and intact skull was found on an expedition in 1988.
    • So what we know about the Revolutionary War is very fragmentary and distorted.
    • The unevenness of the research permits the continued use of a fragmentary and inconsistent labelling system.
    • Having some experience of metal working, he recognised the fragmentary remains as crucibles and clay casting moulds.
    • For folklorists generally, folk beliefs and practices were regarded as the fragmentary and often obscure remnants of older systems.
    • Nothing really major but the whole picture was, in its fragmentary way, more detailed than I'd realised.
    • Inherited verbal or other social responses are fragmentary and trivial.
    • The remains are very fragmentary, since it served as a quarry for building materials for many centuries.
    • The fragmentary nature of the rest of the skeletons recovered made gender identification impossible.
    • Not much, perhaps, beyond the fragmentary evidence of case studies and field reports.
    • The music, too, in this act is often fragmentary and lacking in direction.
    • The medical information conveyed in these ads is fragmentary and sometimes misleading.
    • The subtlety of the fragmentary relics of ancient hominid fossil evidence was astonishing.
    • The sculptures are fragmentary and are often missing vital body parts.
    • And what utterly fascinated us was the incompleteness, the fragmentary quality of his writing.
    • The only problem then is the fragmentary nature of the production.
    • You never have the complete plot line in the way that you would like, so the information is always fragmentary.
    • The footage was fragmentary and shot in grainy black and white.
    • In the recording studios their emphasis on fragmentary noises and localised sound added a whole new dimension to music.
    Synonyms
    incomplete, fragmental, fragmented, disconnected, disjointed, broken, discontinuous, piecemeal, in pieces
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