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tinkered
past simple and past participle oftinker
tinker
verb[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]
uk /ˈtɪŋ.kər/ us /ˈtɪŋ.kɚ/
to make small changes to something, especially in an attempt to repair or improve it: 修补；改进；摆弄
He spends every weekend tinkering (around)with his car.他每个周末都在摆弄他的汽车。
I wish the government would stop tinkering with the health service.我希望政府不要再在公共医疗卫生服务上折腾了。
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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calibration
clean (someone/something) up
correction
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fine-tune
mess
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refine
remedy
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scratch
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smooth something away
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