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单词 piecemealing
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piecemealingn.

Brit. /ˈpiːsmiːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpisˌmilɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: piecemeal v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < piecemeal v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of dividing something into pieces; an instance of this.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun]
partinga1382
distinctiona1387
partition1517
quartering1555
distincting1570
distinguishing1587
dividedness1656
scission1676
dismembering1677
dismemberment1727
splitting1737
repulsion1771
dipartition1838
splitting1847
piecemealing1853
diaeresis1856
fission1865
split-up1878
1853 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 20 259 The division, the piece-mealing of Germany, is the strength of Russia.
1926 W. Lewis Art of being Ruled vii. xi. 229 A good demonstration of the rationale of this piecemealing of the personality for attack was given the other day by a caricaturist.
1977 W. Berry Unsettling of Amer. vii. 111 The disconnection of body and soul and the other piecemealings of the modern period.
2003 Ventura County (Calif.) Star (Nexis) 11 May b13 The ‘piecemealing’ of a multiphase project.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

piecemealingadv.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: piecemeal v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < piecemeal v. + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier piecemeal adv. and also -ing suffix4.
Obsolete. rare.
One piece at a time; by degrees.
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a1700 Oxf. Laureat in S. Johnson Yalden in Lives Eng. Poets (1779) I. 436 Had he ta'en the whole ode, as he took it piece-mealing, They had fin'd him but ten-pence at most.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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