tinkering
英 [ˈtɪŋkərɪŋ]
美 [ˈtɪŋkərɪŋ]
v. (尤指不起作用地)小修补，小修理
tinker的现在分词
现在分词：tinkering 复数：tinkerings
BNC.32797 / COCA.25110
柯林斯词典
- VERB 小修;小补;摆弄
If youtinker withsomething, you make some small changes to it, in an attempt to improve it or repair it.- Instead of the Government admitting its error, it just tinkered with the problem...
政府没有承认错误，只是敷衍了事地处理问题。 - They tinkered with the engine…
他们修了修发动机。 - It is not enough to tinker at the edges; our objective must be to reconstruct the entire system.
只在外缘做一些小修小补是不够的，我们的目标必须是重建整个系统。
- Instead of the Government admitting its error, it just tinkered with the problem...
- (旧时的)补锅匠，修理匠
In former times, atinkerwas a person who did not have a fixed home, but travelled from place to place mending metal pots and doing other small repair jobs. - (尤指爱尔兰裔的)流浪者，吉卜赛人
Some people refer to any traveller or gipsy, especially one who is Irish, as atinker.
双语例句
- Tinkering is not enough.
光靠修修补补是不够的。 - Eaton says he spent years as part of the team tinkering with a grilled alternative, and the rollout follows KFC's longest market test ever.
Eaton说自己和团队花了数年尝试改进一种烧烤替代品，这次的推出之前，肯德基公司进行了公司有史以来最久的市场测验。 - Basically. I got a little tinkering I've still got to do.
基本上来说，有些小地方还得修修补补，还得做些工作。 - He likes tinkering with computers.
他爱乱改进计算机。 - No wonder the lights don't work-Matt's been tinkering with the switches.
难怪灯都不亮了，是马特一直在瞎摆弄开关。 - Tinkering with transfer-pricing rules or CFC rules will not solve the problem.
对转移定价规则或受控外国公司规则修修补补将无济于事。 - He was tinkering about with the machinery, trying to get the motor to go.
他一直在修理这台机械，试图让发动机运转。 - He spends every weekend tinkering with his car.
他把每个周末都花在修理他的汽车上。 - I always liked mathematics and tinkering with machines.
我一向喜欢数学和摆弄机器。 - He spends hours tinkering around with car engines.
他花了几个小时修理汽车发动机。