tinkered

英 [ˈtɪŋkəd]

美 [ˈtɪŋkərd]

v.  (尤指不起作用地)小修补，小修理
tinker的过去分词和过去式

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.
• (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

• At the Beijing Olympics of 2008, five athletes were caught and disqualified for using drugs that tinkered with EPO receptors.
  2008年北京奥运会上共有五名运动员被发现使用了会干扰促红细胞生成素感受器的药物，而被褫夺参赛资格。
• So they tinkered with the ash and developed a new core material for vacuum insulated panels.
  因此他们对灰烬进行了加工，从而研制出一种新型的真空绝缘板核心材料。
• He was on holiday, he tinkered about with attending various parties.
  他在休假，所以参加各种宴会以消磨时间。
• Demand media ( DMD) admitted potential disaster is Google ( GOOG) tinkered too much with its search algorithms, yet still priced well ( although it had struggled in the aftermarket).
  互联网内容供应商DemandMedia公司承认，潜在的大患是谷歌公司（Google）频繁修改其搜索算法，但其股价仍然坚挺（虽然它一度在二级市场苦苦挣扎）。
• If you're like most, you've probably tinkered with Twitter for a few weeks, then written it off as a diversion.
  比如你像多数人一样，你可能已经在Twitter上面修修补补了数周，终归不写了之。
• Science has tinkered with similar notions for years.
  科学界多年来也一直在进行相关研究。
• 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。
• Lone inventors have long tinkered in garages.
  长久以来，孤独的发明家都是在车库里搞发明。
• They tinkered with the engine
  他们修了修发动机。
• Chinese doctors have long tinkered with combinations of herbs to cure disease.
  中医一直通过搭配使用各种草药来给人治病。