tinkering
美 [?t??k?r] 
英 [?t??k?(r)]
- n.修補；〈英〉小爐匠；補鍋匠；修補匠
- v.做補鍋匠；拙劣地修補
- 網絡鉗工技能；熔補；鑄補
詞形變化
復數：tinkers 現在分詞：tinkering 過去式：tinkered 同義詞
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
The ship had impressed her, requiring only a small amount of tinkering to make it function at its full potential.
這艘飛船給她帶來了極大的震撼，現在只要稍作熔補焊接，它就可以百分之百地發揮出自己的潛力。
With that course and a bit of tinkering in my free time, I became an authority on the subject.
通過那個課程以及在業余時間的一些修煉，我成為這方面的權威。
For that very reason it is unlikely either to travel well or to benefit much from tinkering.
正是出于這個原因，這種體制可能既不適宜于長途跋涉，也不太可能從修修補補中收獲多少好處。
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，我把改進與學習這一項放到測試中，同時對Shale應用程序進行徹底深入的分析。
It requires a bit of innovation and tinkering.
這要一點創新能力和鉗工技能。
The upshot of all this tinkering is a trout that has twice the abdominal muscle mass of its traditional counterparts.
所有這些修改產生了一種鱒魚。這種鱒魚的腹肌量是傳統鱒魚的兩倍。
The upshot of all this tinkering is a trout that has twice the overall muscle mass of its traditional counterparts.
這么忙活一通后，結果是出現了一條肌肉量是普通品種兩倍的鱒魚。
American global supremacy is not about to be challenged by China's tinkering with aircraft-carriers.
中國對幾艘航母修修補補還不至于會威脅到美國的全球霸主地位。
The programming and hardware tinkering will bring back memories of a time when digging into something new was truly fun.
編程和硬件動手操作將勾起我們發掘新鮮事物時所帶來的真正樂趣的回憶。
Without thorough-going reform, no amount of tinkering with the rules will get Mexico out of its murky political swamp.
沒有徹底的改革，無論怎樣修補規則也無法使墨西哥從爾虞我的政治泥
They are trying to grow supersize salmon by tinkering with the genes for growth hormone.
他們正在試圖通過修改生長激素基因來培育超大的鮭魚。
But that great, global dream cannot be realized by tinkering around the edges of reform.
但是，如果不認真地進行改革，這一偉大的全球夢想就無法實現。
It would be another matter, however, if governments started tinkering with the internet's address book, the Domain Name System (DNS).
可是，如果政府開始染指互聯網的地址本-域名服務（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.
伊頓表示，作為該團隊的部分成員，他花了數年時間改進烤炙食物的替代品，這是肯德基經最長時間市場考驗后的推出。
The whole corporate superstructure of our economy can be made "too big to fail, " beyond retrospective regrets or futile tinkering.
我們經濟的整個公司上層結構，會是“太大而不會倒閉”，在回顧遺憾或者無用的修補之外。
I knew next to nothing about software, but I was good with tinkering, and was building a computer.
當時我對軟件基本上一無所知，當時我擅長修修補補，并且還在自己裝電腦。
France's tinkering with Meccano is a part of a renewed trend of industrial intervention by governments in rich countries.
法國對Meccano的挽救是富裕國家政府開始介入工業-這個復興的趨勢的一部分。
Worthwhile as they probably are, such measures look like tinkering when set against the capacity of capital markets to wreak economic havoc.
這些措施或許有些價值，但與資本市場給經濟造成浩劫的能力相比，仍顯得有些小打小鬧。
But Washington insists on torturing the numbers and tinkering around the edges rather than facing this truth.
不過華盛頓堅持在往火上澆油和在邊緣修修補補，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，他退出政壇，余生的大部分時間里待在位于紐約的農場擺弄雞蛋和玉米。
He was tinkering away at the broken machine.
他正笨拙地修理那臺壞機器。
Tinkering with the independence of the Federal Reserve could have dire consequences and shouldn't be undertaken in a spirit of vengeance.
瞎折騰美聯儲的獨立性可能會產生可怕的后果，也不應該以一種報復的心態進行。
00pm - Pretend to "work" by reading email and tinkering with PowerPoint slides for a talk I have to give the next week.
20：00-通過查看郵件和修改我下周要用到的幻燈片，來假裝“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.
他的到來最終帶給英國足球一個真正的冠軍爭奪，盡管只是兩支球隊之間的對抗。
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內部電路和邏輯算法，心智就只能奇思怪想，忙亂終日，應付不暇了。
The authors say that what is needed is not merely institutional tinkering but a different frame of mind.
報告作者認為當前該做的不僅是彌補機構的漏洞，還應該改變人們的思維框架。
Aquarius builds their costume out of spare flashlights and spends all night tinkering when it shorts.
水瓶座將廢舊手電筒用在萬圣節行頭上，結果不整晚不停地補充能源。
The VAT adjustment is more a case of micro-level tinkering to provide relief to a labour-intensive sector.
調整增值稅，更像是為緩解勞動力密集行業壓力，而在微觀方面進行的修修補補。
His late-night tinkering was fueled by the steroids and painkillers used to treat his lymphoma.
他的半夜實驗是靠著治療他的淋巴瘤的類固醇和止痛藥支撐著進行的。
The researchers didn't engineer the mouse to tweet, though there was some genetic tinkering that led to the singing mouse's arrival.
研究者是對老鼠做了基因改變，但沒想到會讓它發出鳥鳴聲。
Apple, ever tinkering with the app store, has just released a very interesting option for developers: bulk educational discounts.
最近正在調整應用商店的蘋果公司剛發布了一個對開發者而言很有趣的選擇：為教育事業增大折扣。
So far, US officials have steered clear of tinkering with pay for bankers below the executive suite.
迄今為止，美國官員一直在避免對高層以下銀行雇員的薪酬動手。
"Rolling Through the Bay" toothpick sculpture will beon display in the Tinkering Studio until the end of June.
“穿越海灣”牙簽雕塑會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.
不過，老虎機在網絡技術協助下也在發展，不僅僅是在返獎規則上修修補補了。
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動。
Many scientists are understandably nervous about tinkering on a grand scale with the atmosphere and the oceans.
很能理解許多科學家對如此大規模地折騰大氣層和海洋的做法感到緊張。
Its founders cut their teeth tinkering with video technologies used in the IDF's intelligence and weapons systems.
它的創始人運用的修補視屏技術經驗是從IDF情報部門和武器系統獲得的。
But tinkering with the virus created a powerful new strain which, within nine days, killed every animal it was injected into.
但在修補病毒的時候創造了一種嗆力的新品種，在9天內殺死了所有有注射過的動物。
A century later, might scientists tinkering with another apparently inefficient process be on the verge of another unexpected breakthrough?
一個世紀之后，難道科學家們正和他們的前輩一樣，拙劣地修補著另一個即將要取得重大突破，卻看起來毫無效率的方法嗎？
Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields.
到今天，單個的發明家，店鋪中的思想家已經比不過在實驗室或測試場上科學家的力量了。
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時間修復和改進他們心愛的“千年隼”，把它變得遠遠超出最初的性能規格。
