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TEM8 GMAT GRE
外刊例句
- In reality, buyers might struggle to tell the difference: scratches can be touched up, engine problems left undisclosed, even odometers tampered with.
但在现实中，买家却可能难以区分好坏：刮痕可以被修补涂饰，引擎问题可以隐而不宣，甚至里程表数字也可被篡改。
——《经济学人》 - Morgan Wallen isn't about to tamper with a winning musical formula.
摩根·沃伦并不打算胡乱改动一个成功的音乐公式。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[verb] interfere with (something) in order to cause damage or make unauthorized alterations
[动词] 干涉（某个事物）以造成损坏或进行未经授权的改动
深入解读
Tamper 是一个与小站（微信公众号：田间小站）推送过的 hamper 有着相同结尾的单词，两者可以一并联想记忆。
该词很可能源自中古法语 temprer （缓和、混合、干涉），16世纪60年代进入英语后用来表示“用不正当的手段干预”，包括“收买、行贿”，也就是通过贿赂等手段进行秘密或不正当的谈判，目的是影响证人作证、陪审团判决等，常搭配介词 with 使用，比如：
- 收买证人
tamper with a witness - 向陪审团行贿
tamper with the jury
而经过不正当的手段干预过的证词、文件等，也就意味着被篡改了。从这个概念出发， tamper 便发展出现在的主要含义指“篡改”或者说“经篡改损害”，也是搭配介词 with 使用，比如：
- 被篡改过的遗嘱
a will that has been tampered with - 法官大人，本人受当事人委托，主张此证据已被人篡改。
My lord, I am instructed by my client to claim that the evidence has been tampered with.
而从非法改动继续延伸， tamper 进而用来引申指“拨弄、鼓捣、胡乱摆弄”，常意味着通过改变结构或成分而使某物变得有害或危险，比如：
- 别瞎弄这个小装置，不然会弄坏的。
Don't tamper with the gadget or it will break down.
权威用例
境外敌对势力与“三股势力”沆瀣一气，杜撰历史、歪曲事实，逆历史潮流而动，其结果必将被历史和人民所唾弃。
Hostile foreign forces and separatist, religious extremist and terrorist forces that have colluded to distort history and tamper with facts run counter to the trend of our times and will be cast aside by history and the people.
出自《新疆的若干历史问题》（Historical Matters Concerning Xinjiang）白皮书。
同近义词
- meddle: interfere in something that is not one's concern
- fiddle: falsify (figures, data, or records), typically in order to gain money
- tinker: attempt to repair or improve something in a casual or desultory way
