汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 零敲碎打
零敲碎打
to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work
Describes doing things in a piecemeal, intermittent way
指以零零碎碎﹑断断续续的方式进行或处理。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

捍卫儿童,科学地认可其天性,全社会地宣告其权力,必须代替零敲碎打地想象教育。

The defense of the child, the scientific recognition of his nature, the social proclamation of his rights, must replace the piecemeal ways of conceiving education.

“我们同意需要提高资本金要求,但我们希望知道整个方案是个什么样子,而不是这样零敲碎打,”一位欧洲银行业官员称。

"We agree capital requirements need to be raised but we would like to know what the total package will look like instead of having this piecemeal approach," a European banking industry official said.