tinkering
v. 做焊锅匠( tinker的现在分词 ); 焊补; 胡乱修补; 笨手笨脚地做某事
If you tinker with something, you make some small changes to it, in an attempt to improve it or repair it.
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。
They tinkered with the engine…
他们修了修发动机。
In former times, a tinker was a person who did not have a fixed home, but travelled from place to place mending metal pots and doing other small repair jobs.
Some people refer to any traveller or gipsy, especially one who is Irish, as a tinker .
No amount of tinkering is going to improve matters.
任何小修小补都是于事无补的。
He's outside tinkering around with his bike.
他在外面捣鼓他的自行车.
Both parties are disstisfied with " piecemeal tinkering " and " muddling through ".
二者都不满足于 “ 渐进修补 ” 和 “ 摸索前进 ”.
He's been tinkering with that engine for hours, but It'still won't go.
他花了几个小时摆弄那个引擎,想修好它, 但它还是不转.
He likes tinkering with computers.
他爱乱改进计算机.