她听到了片断的谈话.She heard snatches of talk.当大礼堂的门一开一关时,我们听到了片断的歌声.We heard snatches of the singing as the doors of the auditorium opened and closed.她有片断的天才, 却往往写不出整首的佳作来.She has patches of genius, but not often whole poems....

“片断的”的英语可以翻译为：itty ...