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

• A bit of tinkering to make it function more smoothly is only to be expected.
  为了让它运转得更顺畅，进行一些修补是再正常不过的了。
• No wonder the lights don't work-Matt's been tinkering with the switches.
  难怪灯都不亮了，是马特一直在瞎摆弄开关。
• 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。
• The most important factor I like tinkering with machines.
  最重要因素就我非常喜欢摆弄机械。
• 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。
• Or in tinkering with things.
  或对任何事情进行修补。
• 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。
• 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）。
• Tinkering is not enough.
  光靠修修补补是不够的。
• He spends every weekend tinkering with his car.
  他把每个周末都花在修理他的汽车上。