by piecemeal

基本解釋

The village is slowly being killed off by piecemeal development.
這個村莊漸漸地被零碎的發(fā)展毀了。
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The country had seized vast territories of other countries by piecemeal encroachment or wholesale annexation.
這個國家曾蠶食鯨吞了大片別國土地…
If you can't find such an option for your operating system, you'll have to muddle through by installing packages piecemeal.
如果您找到這樣一個適合您的操作系統(tǒng)的選項(xiàng)，您不得不逐個安裝軟件包。

Commerce's sanguine attitude toward the consequences of a hemorrhage of U.S. microelectronic manufacturing technology caused by its piecemeal decontrol decisions is the more remarkable given the role played in these decisions by Dennis Kloske, Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration.
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To date, wealthy Jewish donors have operated under the assumption that they can impact the hostile discourse on Jewish issues on campus by providing piecemeal support for specific programs.
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Customers can choose to pay for shows piecemeal by credit card or they can watch 30-second ads to build up credit.
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