WASHINGTON (AP) — With Donald Trump facing felony charges over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, the former president is flooding the airwaves and his social media platform with distortions, misinformation and unfounded conspiracy theories about his defeat.(美联社,2023.8.27)
tamper [ˈtæmpə] 是“v. 干预,擅自改动,篡改”,temper是“n. 脾气”,二者同源,最初指的是“mix clay together with water to make it suitable for use”,即“用水和泥巴使之可用”,后来各自衍变为现在的词义,“干预,篡改”大概源于“mix”。