piecemeal

零碎的、零星的、不成体系的多含贬义

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

政府零碎的改革未能解决住宅危机。

逐步的、分阶段的

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

他们采取逐步的做法，一次只升级一个部门。

零碎地、一点一点地、分批地

The old factory was sold off piecemeal to several buyers.

那座旧工厂被零碎地卖给了好几个买家。