tinkered

英 [ˈtɪŋkəd]

美 [ˈtɪŋkərd]

v.  (尤指不起作用地)小修补，小修理
tinker的过去分词和过去式

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

• Problems can arise when management structures are tinkered with.
  改进管理结构的过程中可能会产生问题。
• Weekends, he tinkered in the cellar, turning scraps of plywood into a utility cabinet or fixing a broken toy with spare parts.
  周末，他在地下室里修修补补，把胶合板的边角料做成一个实用的小柜子，或者用一些零件把坏了的玩具修好。
• Science has tinkered with similar notions for years.
  科学界多年来也一直在进行相关研究。
• 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。
• Again, this is a tool many physicians, including myself, have tinkered with and eventually abandoned.
  这是一个，一再被许多医生，包括我自己，胡乱使用甚至抛弃的一种工具。
• The Chemists have tinkered with heat and metal catalysts to refine their materials.
  化学家摆弄热和金属催化剂来提炼。
• At the Beijing Olympics of 2008, five athletes were caught and disqualified for using drugs that tinkered with EPO receptors.
  2008年北京奥运会上共有五名运动员被发现使用了会干扰促红细胞生成素感受器的药物，而被褫夺参赛资格。
• Chinese doctors have long tinkered with combinations of herbs to cure disease.
  中医一直通过搭配使用各种草药来给人治病。
• He was on holiday, he tinkered about with attending various parties.
  他在休假，所以参加各种宴会以消磨时间。
• Demand media ( DMD) admitted potential disaster is Google ( GOOG) tinkered too much with its search algorithms, yet still priced well ( although it had struggled in the aftermarket).
  互联网内容供应商DemandMedia公司承认，潜在的大患是谷歌公司（Google）频繁修改其搜索算法，但其股价仍然坚挺（虽然它一度在二级市场苦苦挣扎）。