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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He likes tinkering with computers.
  他爱乱改进计算机。
• Or in tinkering with things.
  或对任何事情进行修补。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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）。
• He spends every weekend tinkering with his car.
  他把每个周末都花在修理他的汽车上。
• 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。