| 词汇 | example_english_tinker |
| 释义 | Examples of tinkerThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. To introduce controlled dissonances was to tinker with the rational attunement between body, soul and world. Predictably, legislators confronted by 'unanticipated' and 'excessive' cost pressures would be tempted to tinker with program operations and rules. We tinker with our procedures and premises, our institutions and practices. Both tinker and soldier are innocent gulls, deceived but not deceiving. Evolution cannot invent something quite new but can only tinker with what is already there. Branding designers may tinker with its details - a differently shaped canopy fascia here, a new shop front there - but the basic concept remains the same. Overseas, administrations tended to waver between a general policy of benign neglect and attempts to tinker more directly with the fringes of immense problems of morbidity. I would point out here that we should not tinker with the timetable; that would be a futile exercise. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The common position forms a balanced text which we should not tinker with too much. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We cannot wait until it is too late and then tinker about with the symptoms. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English He said that the others did not matter a tinker's cuss. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not concerned one tinker's toss of a button whether a shipowner makes money or loses it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the case of single men everybody seems inclined not to care a tinker's curse what happens to him simply because he is single. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At all events, no one will care a "tinker's cuss" about that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The rest do not matter a tinker's cuss. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You have not cared a tinker's curse about the pit heaps in colliery villages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it because the latter are unorganised and are of the "tinker's cuss" variety? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They feel it on the raw so much that they do not care a tinker's curse whether they produce coal or not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not really care a tinker's cuss what the controls are. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to refute some of the allegations that these workers do not care a tinker's cuss about the company, the country or their industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The ward for fevers and foul cases contained but two beds and was separated from a tinker's shop by a lath and plaster partition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not care a tinker's hoot about the recipients of these letters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They do not care a tinker's curse where their profits come from. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I speak as a consumer, but we are all consumers, and in these days no one seems to care two hoots or "a tinker's cuss" about the consumer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The other is to have so much easy money that one does not care a tinker's cuss whether it is good or bad, because the customer has to have it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Drop the "tinker's cuss" stuff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Drop that "tinker's cuss" stuff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does that matter a tinker's cuss? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is that the "tinker's cuss"? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we stand firm and get that, then all these invidious distinctions and all these indefinite clauses do not matter a "tinker's cuss"—to use fashionable language. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Consequently, after the more permanent solder repair has solidified, the tinker's dam is superfluous and may be discarded. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They pass by five merchants' shops: a tinker's, a tailor's, a toy merchant's, a butcher's, and a baker's. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The tinker's flat character consists of confidence and politeness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Tinker's first hotel burned down in 1894. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Through linguistic activity, we tinker with, and refine, our resources, ' turning our brains (and all the associated peripheral gear we acquire) into a huge structured network of competencies ' (292). After climbing to the highest peaks, he built a crooked mansion and called to the moon by playing a sad song on a magic flute found in the tinker's pack. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. We cannot afford simply to tinker with the problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The temptation to tinker endlessly has been rejected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I concluded that amendments which did more than tinker with the problem were impracticable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have not been told why we have to tinker in the traditional way by cutting out regiments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The pages of new clauses and amendments, selected or unselected, in past debates have all sought to tinker with the existing impossible taxation system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was told that he could tinker around the edges if he felt like it, which is what he did. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My wish is that never again should we tinker with legislation in this way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Various attempts have been made to tinker with the position, but this is an attempt to deal with if as a whole. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We thought that we could not tinker with it and that the only thing to do was to leave it out altogether. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The question is whether we should simply tinker with and adjust the existing arrangements or whether what is needed is a major overhaul. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why, therefore, tinker with institutions which are functioning well and setting good standards and a good example? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do not let us tinker with it, because if we do other people will want extra representation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot afford to tinker with the problem of obsolescence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is the itinerant chap, the tinker, going round the farms, under exactly the same conditions as these fellows who are in big business? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Merely to tinker with the educational system will not break down the distinctions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then, for reasons that the tinker could not understand, the donkey died. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that we cannot tinker about with the rules and regulations and circulars. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He rightly pointed out that to tinker with the current rules is extremely dangerous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A starting point must not be to just tinker around with the management structure and this and that committee. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To tackle the problem from the other way, to tinker around with the ownership of buses, is to completely misunderstand the problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We can tinker with the cake, but unless it is increased the problem will become worse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If one tries to tinker with it, the cure would be far worse than the disease. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot just tinker with the matter; it must be given serious thought. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have been saying that they can only tinker with the proceeds of the scheme— that they do not have the power to block it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Reform is a smokescreen for doing little but tinker at the edges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it is not a problem, why tinker with the criminal law? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unless we can have less legislation, and less elaborate legislation, we are bound to have trouble, however we tinker with our procedures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have resisted attempts to tinker with these schemes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are told that the position is a little better, but why tinker about with the problem of imports? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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