To meddle means to interfere or try to change something without being asked, which is generally viewed negatively.
meddle (/me̱d(ə)l/ 管闲事;干涉;干预 If you say that someone meddles in something, you are criticizing the fact that they try to influence or change it without being asked.
[VERB 动词]管闲事;干涉;干预 If you say that someone meddles in something, you are criticizing the fact that they try to influence or change it without being asked.
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Already some people are asking whether scientists have any right to meddle in such matters...
已经有人在问科学家是否有权干预这类事情。
If only you hadn't felt compelled to meddle.
要是你没有觉得非插手不可就好了。
...the inept and meddling bureaucrats.
既无能又爱管闲事的官僚老爷们
meddler
They view activists as little more than meddlers.
在他们眼中,积极分子不过是爱管闲事的人罢了。
Oxford
med·dle/ˈmedl; NAmEˈmedl/verb( disapproving) 1[intransitive ]meddle(in/with sth) to become involved in sth that does not concern you 管闲事;干涉;干预SYN
interfere
◆He had no right to meddle in her affairs.他无权干涉她的事情。2[intransitive ]meddle(with sth) to touch sth in a careless way, especially when it is not yours or when you do not know how to use it correctly 瞎搞,乱弄(尤指不应管或不懂的事物)◆Somebody had been meddling with her computer.有人擅自弄过她的电脑。▶med·dling/; NAmE/noun[uncountable ]meddlemeddlesmeddledmeddlingmed·dle/ˈmedl; NAmEˈmedl/med·dling/; NAmE/
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meddlemed‧dle /ˈmedl/ verb [intransitive]
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1to deliberately try to influence or change a situation that does not concern you, or that you do not understandSYN interferemeddle in I don’t like other people meddling in the way I run this prison. He accused the US of meddling in China’s internal affairs.meddle with I’m not the sort of newspaper owner who meddles with editorial policy.2 British English to touch something which you should not touch, especially in a careless way that might break itmeddle with You have no right to come in here meddling with my things.—meddler noun [countable]—meddling noun [uncountable]—meddling adjective [only before noun]: meddling politicians
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meddle
[ˈmedl]meddled, meddling, meddles
TEM8GREIELTS
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VERB20967
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meddled[274] meddling[1824]
干涉(100%)
vi.管闲事,干预他人之事
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