incompletely(副词):不完全地;不完整地;未彻底地。用于说明某事没有做完、没有达到完整状态或信息不充分。(也可在不同语境下引申为“部分地”。)
The form was filled out incompletely.
这张表格被填写得不完整。
Although the study was conducted carefully, the results were reported incompletely, which led to confusion among readers.
尽管研究进行得很谨慎,但结果被不完整地呈现,导致读者产生困惑。
来自 **in-**(否定前缀,表示“不是/不”)+ complete(完整的,源自拉丁语 completus,有“填满、完成”之意)+ -ly(副词后缀)。整体意思就是“以不完整的方式”。