Harriet fiddled with a pen on the desk. [VERB + with]

哈麗雅特擺弄着桌上的鋼筆。

She told Whistler that his portrait of her was finished and to stop fiddling with it. [VERB + with]

她告訴惠斯勒他給她畫的肖像已經完成，不要再改了。

He turned on the radio and fiddled with the knob until he got a talk show. [VERB + with]

他打開收音機，撥動旋鈕，直至調到一個脫口秀節目。

He's been fiddling the books. [VERB noun]

他一直在僞造賬目。

Stop fiddling your expenses account. [VERB noun]

不要再在開支賬戶上動手腳了。

Police investigating a £10 million car insurance fiddle arrested 16 people yesterday.

調查涉及 1,000 萬英鎊的汽車保險詐騙案的警察昨天逮捕了 16 人。

...legitimate businesses that act as covers for tax fiddles.

爲騙稅打掩護的合法企業

I found out how to fix the tray on — a bit of a fiddle.

我知道該怎麽把這盤子固定住了—有點麻煩。

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

哈迪年輕時在當地舞會上演奏小提琴。

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

我非常健康—精力充沛。

She hated the thought of playing second fiddle to Rose.

想到要身居羅斯之下她就很鬱悶。

Two of them got out to fiddle around with the engine.

其中兩人下車鼓搗引擎。

He wants lawmakers to basically stop fiddling around as the country moves closer to breaking up.

國家在日益走向分裂，他希望立法者們再不要無所事事了。

He wastes time fiddling about with minor matters.

他把時間都浪費在雞毛蒜皮的小事上。

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

此時在國會，他們正就預算案等等瞎折騰。

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

一個人開始把遺囑改來改去時總讓人感到詫異。