tinkering

1.She spent the afernoon tinkering about in the garden shed.

她在花园棚屋里修修补补了一下午。

2.He’s outside tinkering around with his bike.

他在外面捣鼓他自行车。

3.he spent hours tinkering with the car.

他花了几摆弄车。

4.these measures are merely tinkering at the edges of a wider issue.

这些措施只是对大问题边边行修补。

5.They haven’t made any real changes to the system — they’ve just been tinkering around a bit.

他们对系统没有做出任何真正—只不过是一点修修补补。

6.tinkered with the engine, hoping to discover the trouble; tinkering with the economy by trying various fiscal policies.

摆弄那台发动机，想找到毛病所在；用各种不同财政政策来治理经济