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fiddle fiddle while Rome is burning

fiddle
[英] [ˈfidl] [美] [ˈfɪdl] 生词本

n.

vi.

vt.

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1. VERB 摆弄;拨弄 If you fiddle with an object, you keep moving it or touching it with your fingers. 

  • Harriet fiddled with a pen on the desk.

    哈丽雅特摆弄着桌上的钢笔。

2. VERB 作小改动;略微变动;稍稍修改 If you fiddle with something, you change it in minor ways. 

  • 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。

3. VERB 调校;调整 If you fiddle with a machine, you adjust it. 

  • He turned on the radio and fiddled with the knob until he got a talk show.

    他打开收音机，拨动旋钮，直至调到一个脱口秀节目。

4. VERB 篡改，伪造(财务记录) If someone fiddles financial documents, they alter them dishonestly so that they get money for themselves. 

  • He's been fiddling the books...

    他一直在伪造账目。

  • Stop fiddling your expenses account.

    不要再在开支账户上动手脚了。

5. N-COUNT 欺诈;诈骗 A fiddle is a dishonest action or scheme in which someone gets money for themselves. 

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

    调查涉及 1,000 万英镑的汽车保险诈骗案的警察昨天逮捕了 16 人。

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

    为骗税打掩护的合法企业

6. N-SING 麻烦之事;繁琐之事 If something is a fiddle, it is quite difficult to do because it involves small or complicated objects. 

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

    我知道该怎么把这盘子固定住了——有点麻烦。

7. N-VAR (尤指用于演奏民间音乐的)小提琴 Some people call violins fiddles, especially when they are used to play folk music. 

  • 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。

8. PHRASE 非常健康;充满活力 Someone who is as fit as a fiddle is very healthy and full of energy. 

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

    我非常健康——精力充沛。

9. PHRASE 干骗钱的勾当;诈骗 If someone is on the fiddle, they get money by doing illegal or dishonest things. 
10. PHRASE 大难临头仍歌舞升平;见危难而若无其事 If you say that someone is fiddling while Rome burns, you mean that they are not dealing with a difficult or dangerous situation but instead are doing useless things or pretending that nothing is wrong. 
11. PHRASE 处于次要地位;当副手;唱配角 If you play second fiddle to someone, your position is less important than theirs in something that you are doing together. 

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

    想到要身居罗斯之下她就很郁闷。

12. PHRASAL VERB 摆弄，拨弄(使运转) If you fiddle around or fiddle about with a machine, you do things to it to try and make it work. 

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

    其中两人下车鼓捣引擎。

13. PHRASAL VERB 虚度光阴;无所事事;瞎混 If someone fiddles around or fiddles about, they waste time doing unimportant things instead of dealing with important problems. 

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

    国家在日益走向分裂，他希望立法者们再不要无所事事了。

  • He wastes time fiddling about with minor matters.

    他把时间都浪费在鸡毛蒜皮的小事上。

14. PHRASAL VERB 对…作无谓的修改 If you say that someone is fiddling around with or fiddling about with something, you mean that they are changing it in a way that you disapprove of. 

  • 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。

  • 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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fiddle around 
Noun

1. bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow

Verb

1. avoid (one's assigned duties);

  • "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"

2. commit fraud and steal from one's employer;

  • "We found out that she had been fiddling for years"

3. play the violin or fiddle

4. play on a violin;

  • "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"

5. manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination;

  • "She played nervously with her wedding ring"
  • "Don't fiddle with the screws"
  • "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"

6. play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly;

  • "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"
  • "The reporter fiddle with the facts"

7. try to fix or mend;

  • "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"
  • "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"

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  • 1.小提琴
1. Don't fiddle with the rifle bolt.
别搬弄枪栓。

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2. Don't fiddle with the typewriter.
不要摆弄那架打字机了。

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3. He is above meanness and fiddle.
他不至于搞卑鄙和欺骗行为。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. I felt as fit as a fiddle after a hot bath.
洗完热水澡感到全身舒畅。

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5. She plays the fiddle well.
她小提琴拉得好。

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