tinkering

美 [ˈtɪŋkərɪŋ]英 [ˈtɪŋkərɪŋ]
  • v.(尤指不起作用地)小修补,小修理
  • n.铸补,熔补
  • tinker的现在分词
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  • 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.

    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。

  • No amount of tinkering is going to improve matters.

    任何小修小补都是于事无补的。

  • 3
    N-COUNT (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.

  • 4
    N-COUNT (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 .

  1. 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。

  2. 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。

  3. The most important factor I like tinkering with machines .

    最重要因素就我非常喜欢摆弄机械。

  4. This increases the risk of new tinkering by the Fed .

    因为这样会增加美联储采取其他补救措施的风险。

  5. 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。

  6. Tinkering School doesn 't follow a set curriculum .

    修补学校没有固定的课程。

  7. 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。

  8. 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。

  9. No tinkering with monetary policy will change that .

    这一点无法通过货币政策魔法改变。

  10. 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。

  11. 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。

  12. Some people worry that tinkering deliberately with the atmosphere may cause more harm than good .

    有人担心,以粗浅的方法任意操纵大气层,弊会大于利。

  13. 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。

  14. They wild away the hours tinkering with electronics in the Jobs ' house .

    他们在乔布斯家里花费大量时间研究电子设备

  15. 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。

  16. The US tax system , after 25 years of incompetent tinkering , is a joke .

    在经历25年勉为其难的修修补补之后,美国的税收体制现在就是个笑话。

  17. He spends hours tinkering around with car engines .

    他花了几个小时修理汽车发动机。

  18. I always liked mathematics and tinkering with machines .

    我一向喜欢数学和摆弄机器。

  19. He spends every weekend tinkering with his car .

    他把每个周末都花在修理他的汽车上。

  20. Modest tinkering will not provide the jolt we need .

    小打小闹无法带来我们所需的冲击。

  21. 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。

  22. 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。

  23. 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。

  24. " He 's been tinkering with that engine for hours , but it still won 't go . "

    “他花了几个小时摆弄那个引擎,想修好它,但它还是不转。”

  25. Tinkering with seniority-based pay is one option , but details are scarce .

    拿资历薪酬制度开刀是可取的,但还缺乏具体细节。

  26. 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。

  27. The normal process of tinkering with interest rates is based on eons of data on the effect on growth and inflation .

    用利率手段进行修补的正常程序,基于无数年来利率对增长和通胀影响的相关数据。

  28. Foege argues that tinkering has three essential characteristics .

    福奇认为鼓捣有三个基本特征。

  29. The accident was a summer program Graham started in2005 for college students who were tinkering with business ideas .

    这个“偶然”指的是2005年PaulGraham旨在帮助那些有创业念头的大学生的一个暑期项目。

  30. Hers is not the only employer tinkering with staff ratings and reviews .

    她的雇主并非唯一对员工评级和评估体系修修改改的雇主。