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
- 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。 - 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。 - He likes tinkering with computers.
他爱乱改进计算机。 - He spends hours tinkering around with car engines.
他花了几个小时修理汽车发动机。 - Tinkering is not enough.
光靠修修补补是不够的。 - 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。 - 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。 - Or in tinkering with things.
或对任何事情进行修补。 - I always liked mathematics and tinkering with machines.
我一向喜欢数学和摆弄机器。 - 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）。