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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He spends every weekend tinkering with his car.
  他把每个周末都花在修理他的汽车上。
• The most important factor I like tinkering with machines.
  最重要因素就我非常喜欢摆弄机械。
• Or in tinkering with things.
  或对任何事情进行修补。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。