tinkering
美 [ˈtɪŋkər] 
英 [ˈtɪŋkə(r)]
- n.修补；〈英〉小炉匠；补锅匠；修补匠
- v.做补锅匠；拙劣地修补
- 网络钳工技能；熔补；铸补
词形变化
复数：tinkers 现在分词：tinkering 过去式：tinkered 同义词
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例句
The ship had impressed her, requiring only a small amount of tinkering to make it function at its full potential.
这艘飞船给她带来了极大的震撼，现在只要稍作熔补焊接，它就可以百分之百地发挥出自己的潜力。
With that course and a bit of tinkering in my free time, I became an authority on the subject.
通过那个课程以及在业余时间的一些修炼，我成为这方面的权威。
For that very reason it is unlikely either to travel well or to benefit much from tinkering.
正是出于这个原因，这种体制可能既不适宜于长途跋涉，也不太可能从修修补补中收获多少好处。
In this article, I begin to put that tinkering-and-learning clause to the test with an in-depth look at the anatomy of a Shale application.
在本文中，我把改进与学习这一项放到测试中，同时对Shale应用程序进行彻底深入的分析。
It requires a bit of innovation and tinkering.
这要一点创新能力和钳工技能。
The upshot of all this tinkering is a trout that has twice the abdominal muscle mass of its traditional counterparts.
所有这些修改产生了一种鳟鱼。这种鳟鱼的腹肌量是传统鳟鱼的两倍。
The upshot of all this tinkering is a trout that has twice the overall muscle mass of its traditional counterparts.
这么忙活一通后，结果是出现了一条肌肉量是普通品种两倍的鳟鱼。
American global supremacy is not about to be challenged by China's tinkering with aircraft-carriers.
中国对几艘航母修修补补还不至于会威胁到美国的全球霸主地位。
The programming and hardware tinkering will bring back memories of a time when digging into something new was truly fun.
编程和硬件动手操作将勾起我们发掘新鲜事物时所带来的真正乐趣的回忆。
Without thorough-going reform, no amount of tinkering with the rules will get Mexico out of its murky political swamp.
没有彻底的改革，无论怎样修补规则也无法使墨西哥从尔虞我的政治泥
They are trying to grow supersize salmon by tinkering with the genes for growth hormone.
他们正在试图通过修改生长激素基因来培育超大的鲑鱼。
But that great, global dream cannot be realized by tinkering around the edges of reform.
但是，如果不认真地进行改革，这一伟大的全球梦想就无法实现。
It would be another matter, however, if governments started tinkering with the internet's address book, the Domain Name System (DNS).
可是，如果政府开始染指互联网的地址本-域名服务（DNS）就是另一回事了。
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.
伊顿表示，作为该团队的部分成员，他花了数年时间改进烤炙食物的替代品，这是肯德基经最长时间市场考验后的推出。
The whole corporate superstructure of our economy can be made "too big to fail, " beyond retrospective regrets or futile tinkering.
我们经济的整个公司上层结构，会是“太大而不会倒闭”，在回顾遗憾或者无用的修补之外。
I knew next to nothing about software, but I was good with tinkering, and was building a computer.
当时我对软件基本上一无所知，当时我擅长修修补补，并且还在自己装电脑。
France's tinkering with Meccano is a part of a renewed trend of industrial intervention by governments in rich countries.
法国对Meccano的挽救是富裕国家政府开始介入工业-这个复兴的趋势的一部分。
Worthwhile as they probably are, such measures look like tinkering when set against the capacity of capital markets to wreak economic havoc.
这些措施或许有些价值，但与资本市场给经济造成浩劫的能力相比，仍显得有些小打小闹。
But Washington insists on torturing the numbers and tinkering around the edges rather than facing this truth.
不过华盛顿坚持在往火上浇油和在边缘修修补补，而不是直面真相。
Chagrined , he retired from politics and spent many of his remaining days tinkering with egg and corn yields on his New York farm.
失意之下，他退出政坛，余生的大部分时间里待在位于纽约的农场摆弄鸡蛋和玉米。
He was tinkering away at the broken machine.
他正笨拙地修理那台坏机器。
Tinkering with the independence of the Federal Reserve could have dire consequences and shouldn't be undertaken in a spirit of vengeance.
瞎折腾美联储的独立性可能会产生可怕的后果，也不应该以一种报复的心态进行。
00pm - Pretend to "work" by reading email and tinkering with PowerPoint slides for a talk I have to give the next week.
20：00-通过查看邮件和修改我下周要用到的幻灯片，来假装“工作”。
His tinkering at last has given English football a genuine title race, even if it is between two teams only, albeit of contrasting styles.
他的到来最终带给英国足球一个真正的冠军争夺，尽管只是两支球队之间的对抗。
Yet if most of what it confronts is its own internal circuitry and logic, then it spends its days tinkering with its latest fantasy.
然而如果它直面的是自身的内部电路和逻辑算法，心智就只能奇思怪想，忙乱终日，应付不暇了。
The authors say that what is needed is not merely institutional tinkering but a different frame of mind.
报告作者认为当前该做的不仅是弥补机构的漏洞，还应该改变人们的思维框架。
Aquarius builds their costume out of spare flashlights and spends all night tinkering when it shorts.
水瓶座将废旧手电筒用在万圣节行头上，结果不整晚不停地补充能源。
The VAT adjustment is more a case of micro-level tinkering to provide relief to a labour-intensive sector.
调整增值税，更像是为缓解劳动力密集行业压力，而在微观方面进行的修修补补。
His late-night tinkering was fueled by the steroids and painkillers used to treat his lymphoma.
他的半夜实验是靠着治疗他的淋巴瘤的类固醇和止痛药支撑着进行的。
The researchers didn't engineer the mouse to tweet, though there was some genetic tinkering that led to the singing mouse's arrival.
研究者是对老鼠做了基因改变，但没想到会让它发出鸟鸣声。
Apple, ever tinkering with the app store, has just released a very interesting option for developers: bulk educational discounts.
最近正在调整应用商店的苹果公司刚发布了一个对开发者而言很有趣的选择：为教育事业增大折扣。
So far, US officials have steered clear of tinkering with pay for bankers below the executive suite.
迄今为止，美国官员一直在避免对高层以下银行雇员的薪酬动手。
"Rolling Through the Bay" toothpick sculpture will beon display in the Tinkering Studio until the end of June.
“穿越海湾”牙签雕塑会在巧匠工作室展示到六月底。
Yet slot-machine development, assisted by advances in networking technology, involves more than simply tinkering with payout algorithms.
不过，老虎机在网络技术协助下也在发展，不仅仅是在返奖规则上修修补补了。
Diesel fuel is less thick and usually can be burned in an engine with little or no tinkering.
柴油粘性更低而且直接可以被引擎使用，通常不需要或者只需要做很小的改动。
Many scientists are understandably nervous about tinkering on a grand scale with the atmosphere and the oceans.
很能理解许多科学家对如此大规模地折腾大气层和海洋的做法感到紧张。
Its founders cut their teeth tinkering with video technologies used in the IDF's intelligence and weapons systems.
它的创始人运用的修补视屏技术经验是从IDF情报部门和武器系统获得的。
But tinkering with the virus created a powerful new strain which, within nine days, killed every animal it was injected into.
但在修补病毒的时候创造了一种呛力的新品种，在9天内杀死了所有有注射过的动物。
A century later, might scientists tinkering with another apparently inefficient process be on the verge of another unexpected breakthrough?
一个世纪之后，难道科学家们正和他们的前辈一样，拙劣地修补着另一个即将要取得重大突破，却看起来毫无效率的方法吗？
Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields.
到今天，单个的发明家，店铺中的思想家已经比不过在实验室或测试场上科学家的力量了。
Chewbacca and Solo spent hours modifying and tinkering on their beloved Falcon, souping it up far beyond its original performance specs.
丘巴卡和索洛花了很多时间修复和改进他们心爱的“千年隼”，把它变得远远超出最初的性能规格。
