1 VERB 小修;小补;摆弄 If you tinker with something, you make some small changes to it, in an attempt to improve it or repair it. 小修;小补;摆弄
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Instead of the Government admitting its error, it just tinkered with the problem. [VERB + with]
政府没有承认错误，只是敷衍了事地处理问题。
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They tinkered with the engine… [VERB with noun]
他们修了修发动机。
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It is not enough to tinker at the edges; our objective must be to reconstruct the entire system. [VERB]
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。
SYN meddle, play, toy, monkey
2 N-COUNT (旧时的)补锅匠，修理匠 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. (旧时的)补锅匠，修理匠
3 N-COUNT (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 a tinker . (尤指爱尔兰裔的)流浪者，吉卜赛人 [British, offensive]
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