fiddling

美 [ˈfɪdlɪŋ]英 [ˈfɪdlɪŋ]
  • adj.无足轻重的;无用的;徒劳无益的
  • n.欺骗,诈骗;篡改
  • 拉小提琴(fiddle的现在分词)
fiddlingfiddling

adj.

usually before noun琐碎的;繁琐的
small, unimportant and often annoying

fiddling

频次

  • 1
    N-UNCOUNT 诈骗;伪造账目
    Fiddling is the practice of getting money dishonestly by altering financial documents.

    Salomon's fiddling is likely to bring big trouble for the firm.

    萨洛蒙伪造账目可能会给公司带来大麻烦。

  • 2
    N-UNCOUNT (尤指民乐的)小提琴演奏
    Violin playing, especially in folk music, is sometimes referred to as fiddling .

  • 3
    ADJ-GRADED 麻烦的;繁琐的
    You can describe something as fiddling if it is small, unimportant, or difficult to do.

    ...the daunting amount of fiddling technical detail.

    令人生畏的大量繁琐的技术细节

adj

1
(informal) small and of little importance
a fiddling sum of money
a footling gesture
our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
a little (or small) matter
a dispute over niggling details
limited to petty enterprises
piffling efforts
giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction
Synonym: footling lilliputian little niggling piddling piffling petty picayune trivial

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  1. Stop fiddling about with that radio set and listen to me .

    别摆弄那台收音机浪费时间,听我讲话。

  2. He was fiddling about with the car engine .

    他在摆弄汽车发动机。

  3. She hated the thought of playing second fiddle to Rose .

    想到要身居罗斯之下她就很郁闷。

  4. One always wonders when a man starts fiddling about with his Will .

    一个人开始把遗嘱改来改去时总让人感到诧异。

  5. Hardy as a young man played the fiddle at local dances .

    哈迪年轻时在当地舞会上演奏小提琴。

  6. I 'm as fit as a fiddle — with energy to spare .

    我非常健康——精力充沛。

  7. He wastes time fiddling about with minor matters .

    他把时间都浪费在鸡毛蒜皮的小事上。

  8. Right now in Congress , they 're fiddling around with the budget and so on

    此时在国会,他们正就预算案等等瞎折腾。

  9. Stop fiddling your expenses account .

    不要再在开支账户上动手脚了。

  10. He brought out the fiddle , its varnish cracked and blistered .

    他取出了小提琴,它表面的清漆已出现裂缝,还起了浮泡。

  11. She told Whistler that his portrait of her was finished and to stop fiddling with it .

    她告诉惠斯勒他给她画的肖像已经完成,不要再改了。

  12. The fiddle began to twang .

    小提琴声渐起。

  13. Don 't fiddle with the rifle bolt .

    别搬弄枪栓。

  14. He was finally brought to book for fiddling the accounts .

    他终因造假账而受到处分。

  15. She plays the fiddle in the school band .

    她在学校乐队里拉小提琴。

  16. He always likes to fiddle with things .

    他手欠着呢。

  17. He learned to fiddle as a young boy .

    他自幼学小提琴。

  18. It 's a fiddle & they put different labels on the bottles and sell them at three times the proper price .

    这是一种欺诈行为&他们给这些瓶子贴上不同的标签,以三倍于通常的价格出售。

  19. He had to fiddle the figures of his company 's account in order to hide the evidence of tax evasion .

    为隐匿逃税的证据,他不得不篡改他的公司账户上的数字。

  20. Stop fiddling with ( or fiddling ) the pen !

    别玩弄那钢笔啦!

  21. All you 're going to see is a lot of fiddling around .

    你今天要看到的只是大量的胡摆乱弄

  22. She plays the fiddle well .

    她小提琴拉得好。

  23. Don 't fiddle with the typewriter .

    不要摆弄那架打字机了。

  24. It is hard to play first fiddle in a large company .

    在大公司任第一把手很难。

  25. In his eyes father plays first fiddle in the family .

    在他看来父亲在家里居首要地位。

  26. Hang up one 's fiddle when one comes home .

    在外谈笑风生,在家闷闷不乐。

  27. But it still plays second fiddle in global discussions of economic policy .

    但在经济政策的全球讨论中,亚洲仍只充当配角。

  28. In the young child 's eyes father plays second fiddle .

    在幼儿的心目中,父亲充当的是次要角色。

  29. Many companies have tried to improve matters by fiddling with the technology .

    很多公司试着通过利用技术来提高电话会议的质量。

  30. These things help to keep me fit as a fiddle .

    这些都使我能保持身体健康。