piecemeal

零碎的、零星的、不成體系的多含貶義

The government's piecemeal reforms failed to fix the housing crisis.

政府零碎的改革未能解決住宅危機。

逐步的、分階段的

They took a piecemeal approach, upgrading one department at a time.

他們採取逐步的做法，一次只升級一個部門。

零碎地、一點一點地、分批地

The old factory was sold off piecemeal to several buyers.

那座舊工廠被零碎地賣給了好幾個買家。