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.
• (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

• 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。
• I always liked mathematics and tinkering with machines.
  我一向喜欢数学和摆弄机器。
• Tinkering is not enough.
  光靠修修补补是不够的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He spends hours tinkering around with car engines.
  他花了几个小时修理汽车发动机。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。