fiddle的中文翻译是什么意思

VERB摆弄;拨弄

If you fiddle with an object, you keep moving it or touching it with your fingers.

• Harriet fiddled with a pen on the desk.

  哈丽雅特摆弄着桌上的钢笔。

VERB作小改动;略微变动;稍稍修改

If you fiddle with something, you change it in minor ways.

• She told Whistler that his portrait of her was finished and to stop fiddling with it.

  她告诉惠斯勒他给她画的肖像已经完成，不要再改了。

VERB调校;调整

If you fiddle with a machine, you adjust it.

• He turned on the radio and fiddled with the knob until he got a talk show.

  他打开收音机，拨动旋钮，直至调到一个脱口秀节目。

VERB篡改，伪造(财务记录)

If someone fiddles financial documents, they alter them dishonestly so that they get money for themselves.

• He's been fiddling the books...

  他一直在伪造账目。

• Stop fiddling your expenses account.

  不要再在开支账户上动手脚了。

N-COUNT欺诈;诈骗

A fiddle is a dishonest action or scheme in which someone gets money for themselves.

• Police investigating a £10 million car insurance fiddle arrested 16 people yesterday.

  调查涉及 1,000 万英镑的汽车保险诈骗案的警察昨天逮捕了 16 人。

• ...legitimate businesses that act as covers for tax fiddles.

  为骗税打掩护的合法企业

N-SING麻烦之事;繁琐之事

If something is a fiddle, it is quite difficult to do because it involves small or complicated objects.

• I found out how to fix the tray on — a bit of a fiddle.

  我知道该怎么把这盘子固定住了——有点麻烦。

N-VAR(尤指用于演奏民间音乐的)小提琴

Some people call violins fiddles, especially when they are used to play folk music.

• Hardy as a young man played the fiddle at local dances.

  哈迪年轻时在当地舞会上演奏小提琴。

PHRASE非常健康;充满活力

Someone who is as fit as a fiddle is very healthy and full of energy.

• I'm as fit as a fiddle — with energy to spare.

  我非常健康——精力充沛。

PHRASE干骗钱的勾当;诈骗

If someone is on the fiddle, they get money by doing illegal or dishonest things.

PHRASE大难临头仍歌舞升平;见危难而若无其事

If you say that someone is fiddling while Rome burns, you mean that they are not dealing with a difficult or dangerous situation but instead are doing useless things or pretending that nothing is wrong.

PHRASE处于次要地位;当副手;唱配角

If you play second fiddle to someone, your position is less important than theirs in something that you are doing together.

• She hated the thought of playing second fiddle to Rose.

  想到要身居罗斯之下她就很郁闷。

PHRASAL VERB摆弄，拨弄(使运转)

If you fiddle around or fiddle about with a machine, you do things to it to try and make it work.

• Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine.

  其中两人下车鼓捣引擎。

PHRASAL VERB虚度光阴;无所事事;瞎混

If someone fiddles around or fiddles about, they waste time doing unimportant things instead of dealing with important problems.

• He wants lawmakers to basically stop fiddling around as the country moves closer to breaking up...

  国家在日益走向分裂，他希望立法者们再不要无所事事了。

• He wastes time fiddling about with minor matters.

  他把时间都浪费在鸡毛蒜皮的小事上。

PHRASAL VERB对…作无谓的修改

If you say that someone is fiddling around with or fiddling about with something, you mean that they are changing it in a way that you disapprove of.

• Right now in Congress, they're fiddling around with the budget and so on...

  此时在国会，他们正就预算案等等瞎折腾。

• One always wonders when a man starts fiddling about with his Will.

  一个人开始把遗嘱改来改去时总让人感到诧异。