词汇释义
tamper TEM8IELTS GRE
UK /ˈtæm.pər/ US /ˈtæm.pɚ/
vt, If someone tampers with something, they interfere with it or try to change it when they have no right to do so.干预，篡改
外刊例句
1. To tamper with the Rule of Law is not the right way for a healthy democracy to meet the modern threats which you describe so vividly.(The Guardian - Opinion)
2. "If the government tamper or abuse the water trigger process or devolve its powers back to the states, I will definitely seek to re-enter politics".(The Guardian)
3. In an interview in the Times today, Clegg said: "Any government would tamper with [the HRA] at its peril".(The Guardian)
4. She made the announcement as Nick Clegg, the Lib Dem deputy prime minister, said that any government would tamper with the HRA "at its peril".(The Guardian)
5. My view is that if we tamper with QAA or its methodology it could become a political football, putting the sector's reputation and autonomy at risk.(The Guardian)
6. On August 2nd a Milan judge ordered Gianpiero Fiorani, BPI's boss, suspended from his job for 60 days, for fear that he might tamper with evidence.(The Economist)
7. Even the Russian president, whose powers are modelled on those of his French counterpart, needs a fresh mandate every four years. At first glance, it might seem foolish to tamper with a constitution that has helped bring to France the very stability it was designed to deliver.(The Economist)
8. The whole assembly is then welded around the equator, and the beryllium cladding providing the tamper and reflector layers attached to the outer surface.(The Economist)
词汇搭配
tamper with
词汇来源
"meddle, interfere," 1560s, figurative use of tamper "to work in clay, etc., so as to mix it thoroughly," probably originally a variant of temper (v.), which is how it often was spelled at first. Perhaps it is a dialectal workmen's pronunciation. Related: Tampered; tampering.
近义词
interfere, meddle, intrude, trespass
反义词
retreat, dodge, withdraw, avoid
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