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. (变化或过程) 逐渐而零碎的[表不满]

These piecemeal solutions won't work. 这些零敲碎打的解决办法不会有效。

2. ADV Piecemeal is also an adverb. 逐渐而零碎地[ADV after v]

It was built piecemeal over some 130 years. 它是在大约一百三十年间一点一点建造起来的。