piecemeal

1. ADJ 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. (變化或過程) 逐漸而零碎的[表不滿]

These piecemeal solutions won't work. 這些零敲碎打的解決辦法不會(huì)有效。

2. ADV Piecemeal is also an adverb. 逐漸而零碎地[ADV after v]

It was built piecemeal over some 130 years. 它是在大約一百三十年間一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)建造起來的。