fiddling
- 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)
fiddling
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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。
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N-UNCOUNT (尤指民乐的)小提琴演奏
Violin playing, especially in folk music, is sometimes referred to as fiddling . -
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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
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- (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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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。
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He was fiddling about with the car engine .
他在摆弄汽车发动机。
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She hated the thought of playing second fiddle to Rose .
想到要身居罗斯之下她就很郁闷。
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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。
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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。
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I 'm as fit as a fiddle — with energy to spare .
我非常健康——精力充沛。
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He wastes time fiddling about with minor matters .
他把时间都浪费在鸡毛蒜皮的小事上。
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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。
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Stop fiddling your expenses account .
不要再在开支账户上动手脚了。
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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。
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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。
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The fiddle began to twang .
小提琴声渐起。
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Don 't fiddle with the rifle bolt .
别搬弄枪栓。
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He was finally brought to book for fiddling the accounts .
他终因造假账而受到处分。
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She plays the fiddle in the school band .
她在学校乐队里拉小提琴。
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He always likes to fiddle with things .
他手欠着呢。
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He learned to fiddle as a young boy .
他自幼学小提琴。
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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。
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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。
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Stop fiddling with ( or fiddling ) the pen !
别玩弄那钢笔啦!
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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
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She plays the fiddle well .
她小提琴拉得好。
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Don 't fiddle with the typewriter .
不要摆弄那架打字机了。
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It is hard to play first fiddle in a large company .
在大公司任第一把手很难。
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In his eyes father plays first fiddle in the family .
在他看来父亲在家里居首要地位。
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Hang up one 's fiddle when one comes home .
在外谈笑风生,在家闷闷不乐。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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These things help to keep me fit as a fiddle .
这些都使我能保持身体健康。