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

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BNC.32797 / COCA.25110

柯林斯词典

  1. VERB 小修;小补;摆弄
    If you tinker with something, 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。
  2. (旧时的)补锅匠，修理匠
    In former times, a tinker was 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 a tinker .
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      双语例句

      1. I always liked mathematics and tinkering with machines.
        我一向喜欢数学和摆弄机器。
      2. A few hours of tinkering is all that's needed to realize a10-to200-percent gain.
        实现10%到200%的性能提升只需几个小时的优化和修补。
      3. Ford's year of curiosity and tinkering paid off.
        多年后，福特的好奇心和他的动手能力使他得到了回报。
      4. Friends remember him as an above-average science student who enjoyed pickup soccer games and tinkering with a motorcycle.
        朋友们还记得他是一位成绩不错的理科生，喜欢足球和摆弄摩托车。
      5. Tinkering is not enough.
        光靠修修补补是不够的。
      6. I wish the government would stop tinkering with the health service.
        我希望政府不要再瞎调整社会保健服务了。
      7. 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。
      8. Nothing in particular, I guess. I always liked mathematics and tinkering with machines.
        我想没什么特殊的原因。我一向喜欢数学和喜欢摆弄机械。
      9. Or in tinkering with things.
        或对任何事情进行修补。
      10. After some tinkering around, I introduced the concept of ports ( this is actually a well-known concept in component technology and also UML, but was relatively new to my customer).
        经过几番修改，我引入了端口（Port）的概念（实际上在组件技术以及UML中，这是一个众所周知的概念，但是相对于我的客户而言，却是一个新名词）。
      11. 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。
      12. The most important factor I like tinkering with machines.
        最重要因素就我非常喜欢摆弄机械。
      13. He spends hours tinkering around with car engines.
        他花了几个小时修理汽车发动机。
      14. 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。
      15. American global supremacy is not about to be challenged by China's tinkering with aircraft-carriers.
        美国在全球的霸权无疑将受到中国的修葺中的航母的挑战。
      16. He likes tinkering with computers.
        他爱乱改进计算机。
      17. He spends every weekend tinkering with his car.
        他把每个周末都花在修理他的汽车上。
      18. 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。
      19. 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。
      20. 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。
      21. 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。
      22. 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。
      23. The time has come to say enough to tinkering with reforms.
        现在是时候指出，小修小补的改革应该停止了。
      24. Stop tinkering with my television and take it to the repair shop.
        你不要再瞎摆弄我的电视机了，把它送到修理店去吧。
      25. Hocicaday, formerly a physicist, began tinkering with a miniature fuel cell in his basement years ago.
        霍克蒂原来是一位物理学者，若干年前就开始在自家的地下室里摆弄微型燃料电池了。
      26. 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。
      27. But reform proposals from both Washington and Brussels amount to little more than tinkering.
        但是，华盛顿和布鲁塞尔给出的改革方案都只是些小修小补。
      28. Tinkering with existing institutions cannot provide the independence we need.
        对现有机构进行修修补补，无法提供我们需要的独立性。
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