fiddling

[US]/'fɪdlɪŋ/
[UK]/'fɪdlɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 无用的;微不足道的
n. 诈骗
v. 拉小提琴;虚度时光
Word Forms
现在分词fiddling

Phrases & Collocations

fiddling around

胡闹

fiddling with

摆弄

fiddling expenses

篡改费用

fiddling with controls

玩弄控制装置

Example Sentences

everyone is fiddling their expenses.

人人都在谎报支出。

a fiddling sum of money

很少的钱

a fiddling little key

极小的钥匙

Stop fiddling with that pen!

不要玩弄那钢笔!

he sat in the car and played the radio, fiddling with the knobs.

他坐在车里拨弄着收音机的旋钮收听广播。

children are the losers when politicians keep fiddling around with education.

政客们不重视教育对孩子非常不利。

"Well, we'd better get started and stop fiddling about."

"喂,我们最好开始吧,别再闲逛了。"

With the world’s population growing fast and millions getting hungrier every day, the leaders of the rich nations just seem to be fiddling while Rome burns.

世界人口急速增长,数百万的人每天忍飢挨饿,可是富有国家的领导人对此好像无动于衷,漠然视之。

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