你要经常给我发电邮，哪怕片言只语也好。

You should email me often – just a few words will do.

我只听到了片言只语，但我可以清楚地推断出她们讨论的主题。

I caught scraps of their conversation, from which I was able only too distinctly to infer the main subject discussed.

正如此例所示，仅用片言只语就可以简简单单地改变对世界的看法。

As this example demonstrates, it is easy to create alternative views of the world with a mere turn of a phrase. Highlight the negatives, and a problem looks overwhelming.

我想讲述一段完整的历史，而不仅仅是他透露给我的，艰难哽咽的片言只语——那是一个简短而残酷的故事，一段困守孤船的偷渡历程。

I needed a history more complete than the strangled bits that he had owned and passed on to me-a short, brutal tale of having been trapped as a stowaway on a ship.