Nowadays, evolution just tinkers with old body plans.

如今，进化只是按照老的体形横剖面修修补补。

That doesn't mean we haven't tinkered with the crop in recent history.

这并不意味着我们在近代历史上没有对作物进行修补。

You can tinker with it from the outside.

你可以从外面来修它。

I find so much fun especially tinkering with technology.

我发现了很多乐趣，尤其是摆弄科技产品。

And like many similar projects on Earth, the owners cannot resist tinkering with it.

它的所有者会忍不住地想去改进它，就像改进地球上很多类似项目一样。

They whiled away the hours tinkering with electronics in the Jobs' house.

他们在乔布斯家里花费大量时间研究电子设备。

They keep tinkering with the same problems instead of letting go and moving forward.

他们总是在同样的问题上修修补补，而不是放手向前。

Tinkering too much with the mountains makes them loose and hill slopes can crack.

对山脉修修补补太多，会使它们变得松散，山坡会开裂。

The elections department, which tinkers with constituency boundaries, is under the prime minister's office.

负责划分选区边界的选举局归总理办公室管辖。

They need to know how the Web works and be able to tinker with it.

他们需要知道网络如何工作, 而且有需要可以进行工作。

Or D: I tinker around with the item until I find out how it works.

我不断地进行调整，直到我自己发现它是如何制作出来的。

Some people worry that tinkering deliberately with the atmosphere may cause more harm than good.

有人担心，以粗浅的方法任意操纵大气层，弊会大于利。

And they've also learned that, by tinkering with it, they can change the way customers spend.

他们已经认识到，通过修补它，他们可以改变客户的消费方式。

I know because I went right to work on this new clock thing I've been tinkering with.

我一回家就接着修新钟表去了，所以记得很清楚。

He spent 15 years tinkering with over 5,000 different prototypes to come up with the perfect bagless design.

他花了15年时间，对5,000多个不同原型进行了修改，最终发明了一种完美的无袋吸尘器。

And they decided, rather than build a new plane, they would go back and tinker with an old plane.

波音公司认为，与其制造新的机型，不如稍微改进一下现有的机型。

But when another group of researchers tinkered with Breakout's code-shifting the location of the paddles by just a few pixels-its abilities plummeted.

但是，当另一组研究人员对Breakout的代码进行修改，将电板的位置稍稍改变了几个像素后，它的能力便一落千丈。

Ameliorating autism by tinkering with the ecology of the gut might thus be a fruitful line of inquiry.

通过鼓捣肠道生态学改善孤独者或许是一次富有成效的调查。

Hunting for smaller ones meant tinkering with the software to boost its ability to detect tiny features.

寻找较小物体意味着对软件进行升级，以提高其检测微小特征的能力。

Taking whatever materials are handy and tinkering with them is a simple way to engage those important " maker" skills.

利用手边任何可得的材料，再将它们捣鼓一番，是培养这些重要的“制造者”技能的一种简单方法。