by piecemeal

基本解釋

The village is slowly being killed off by piecemeal development.
這個(gè)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(gè)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(gè)適合您的操作系統(tǒng)的選項(xiàng)，您不得不逐個(gè)安裝軟件包。

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