Nowadays, evolution just tinkers with old body plans.

如今，进化只是按照老的体形横剖面。

So my generation, my parents, you know, definitely came from that 'make do and mend' era post war in the sort of 20th century.

所以，我，我的父母，你知道，绝对来自20世纪战后那种将就用的时。

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，而不是放手向前。

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

对山脉太多，会使它们变得松散，山坡会开裂。

“He never really cared too much about mechanical things.”

“他从没有真正喜欢过机械方面的东西。”在引擎盖下根本吸引不了乔布斯。

It's the old woman's tricks to be giving cobbling jobs.

让人干的活儿，那是老太婆的骗局。

After like 40 years of tinkering and prototyping, Harrison built a clock based around a spring made from this new kind of steel and these low friction bearings made from literal jewels and gems.

经过约 40 年的和原型设计，哈里森做出了个钟表，它以新型钢制成的弹簧以及珠宝与宝石制成的低摩擦轴承为基础。

" You can't ask Mother for new ones, they are so expensive, and you are so careless. She said when you spoiled the others that she shouldn't get you any more this winter. Can't you make them do? "

“你不能要母亲给你买双新的，手套价钱很贵，而你又那样不当心。妈妈说过，你弄脏那双，那么今年冬天她就不给你买新的。你能不能呢？”梅格急切地问。

It has promised to reduce and target subsidies while protecting the poorest, but so far has trimmed only around the edges, for instance by raising fuel prices for some industries.

政府曾承诺在保护穷人的前提下，会有的放矢减少贴，但是目前为止，只是，比如对某些行业提高燃料价格。

Fantastic. Well, saving money, saving materials... wow! ... was of course important 'Make do and Mend' was the philosophy as promoted by the government.

太棒了。嗯，省钱，节省材料… … 哇！… … 当然很重要。“凑合着用，”是政府提倡的理念。

A job where you had a proper function. A house where things broke at regular intervals, so you always had something to tinker with.

份可以有所作为的工作，套房子，里面的东西定期有个故障，好让他们。

It's always maintenance work to do, but major renovations have to wait until after rain when the soil is soft.

它们总是做些的工作，但大型的整还待雨后泥土松软时再动工。

We used to make do and mend much more.

我们曾经更多会把东西将就用。

Levin said the time for " tinkering" is over and instead asked for " radical decarbonization."

莱文说，“”的时已经结束，取而之的是要求“彻底脱碳”。

Were it not sinful then, striving to mend, To mar the subject that before was well?

好端端的题材反失于，我茫然：自己是否已成了罪犯？

They only had a small row house with a tiny outside space, yet there always seemed to be something to plant and something to build.

他们只有栋带小片后院的联排别墅，门前有小排花坛，但总有些花花草草要种，总有些地方要。

He notes that, in the rich West, tinkering is often playful.

他指出，在富裕的西方，往往是种好玩的行为。

Once you're tinkering in there, you know, a lot of things might go wrong.

旦你在那里，你知道，很多事情可能会出错。

No matter what, you're going to fix things.

无论如何，你都得。

He loved tinkering and playing this and playing that.

他喜欢动手，玩玩个，又弄弄那个。