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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 

机械

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.
    1. 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。
    2. They tinkered with the engine…
      他们修了修发动机。
    3. 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。
  • (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.
    1. (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

      • 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。
      • This is the exact moment that I started creating something called Tinkering School.
        就是在那个时候我开办了一个叫做修补学校的项目。
      • I'm addicted to fantasy football. I can't stop tinkering with my team.
        我沉迷于足球,没有办法不去调动我的队伍。
      • I always liked mathematics and tinkering with machines.
        我一向喜欢数学和摆弄机器。
      • He spends every weekend tinkering with his car.
        他把每个周末都花在修理他的汽车上。
      • Tinkering is not enough.
        光靠修修补补是不够的。
      • A bit of tinkering to make it function more smoothly is only to be expected.
        为了让它运转得更顺畅,进行一些修补是再正常不过的了。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • But such tinkering, effective though it sometimes is, may no longer be enough.
        不过,这样的微调举措尽管有时也是有效的,但可能再也不够了。