1.修改。
It probably didn’t affect the timing of Beijing’s tinkering with the Basic Law. 它或許不影響北京修改香港基準法的時程。They have begun to tinker with taxes, tariffs and commercial mechanisms to clean up the energy industry. 他們開始修改稅賦、關稅和商業機制以整頓能源工業。Will he tinker with Japan’s constitution, and allow greater leeway for the country’s SDF to act abroad? 他是否會修改日本憲法，讓日本自衛隊有更大的空間在海外活動？Their woes can be put right by simply tinkering with the system. 只要修改制度他們的問題就可解決。
2.改造。
Over the years, this tinkering with nature has encouraged the growth of large herds of elephants. 幾年來，這項改造自然的工程已經促進大批象群的成長。Tinkering with the DNA of Asia’s daily bread could save millions of lives. 改造亞洲主糧的DNA可拯救幾佰萬人的生命。How can we tinker with the genome of vertebrate animals? 我們怎能改造脊椎動物的基因圖譜?
3.玩。
That is tinkering with the U.S. Constitution, and that concerns me just as much as any threat of terrorism. 那是在玩美國憲法，跟恐怖主義的威脅一樣令我擔心。 He started tinkering with integrated circuit when he was a college student. 他唸大學時就開始玩積體電路。
4.調整。
He tinkered with his lineup for Sunday’s game, moving Cano into the third spot. 他調整星期日賽場的打擊陣容，把卡諾放到第三棒。
5.干預。
Markets don’t necessarily self-correct, in part because governments tinker with markets. 市場不一定會自我調節，部份原因是政府干預市場。
6.研究。
They have been secretly tinkering with the ingredients for atomic weapons. 他們一直偷偷在研究原子彈的製造成分。
