instrument
英 [ˈɪnstrəmənt]
美 [ˈɪnstrəmənt]
n. 器械; 仪器; 器具; (车辆、机器的)仪器,仪表; 促成某事的人(或事物); 手段
复数:instruments
高考CET4CET6考研TOEFLIELTSTEM4TEM8化学
Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1709 / COCA.1611
同义词辨析
toolimplementinstrument【导航词义:工具,器具】
tooln. 工具
〔辨析〕
指手工操作的简易工具或工作上有用的器具,也可指被人利用的人(此时含贬义)。
〔例证〕
He reached out to grab the tool.
他伸手去拿工具。
This is a very handy tool for opening cans.
这是一种很简便的开罐头工具。
Language is a tool for communication.
语言是交流的工具。
The computer is a very useful tool.
计算机是一种非常有用的工具。
He made me the tool of his wicked deeds.
他使我成了他干罪恶勾当的工具。
他伸手去拿工具。
This is a very handy tool for opening cans.
这是一种很简便的开罐头工具。
Language is a tool for communication.
语言是交流的工具。
The computer is a very useful tool.
计算机是一种非常有用的工具。
He made me the tool of his wicked deeds.
他使我成了他干罪恶勾当的工具。
implementn. 工具,器具
〔辨析〕
指为完成某项任务所需的工具或器具,尤指用于户外体力活的工具。
〔例证〕
writing implements
书写用具
The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.
在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
书写用具
The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.
在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
instrumentn. 工具,器械
〔辨析〕
指科学、医学等工作用的小巧的器械、器具。
〔例证〕
A scalpel is a surgical instrument.
手术刀是外科器械。
His department has introduced a new batch of scientific instruments.
他所在的部门引进了一批新的科学仪器。
The stethoscope is a medical instrument.
听诊器是一种医疗器械。
手术刀是外科器械。
His department has introduced a new batch of scientific instruments.
他所在的部门引进了一批新的科学仪器。
The stethoscope is a medical instrument.
听诊器是一种医疗器械。
牛津词典
noun
- 器械;仪器;器具
a tool or device used for a particular task, especially for delicate or scientific work- Is he learning an instrument?
他在学习演奏乐器吗? - brass/stringed, etc. instruments
铜管乐器、弦乐器等
- Is he learning an instrument?
- 器械;仪器;器具
a tool or device used for a particular task, especially for delicate or scientific work- Is he learning an instrument?
他在学习演奏乐器吗? - brass/stringed, etc. instruments
铜管乐器、弦乐器等
- Is he learning an instrument?
- (车辆、机器的)仪器,仪表
a device used for measuring speed, distance, temperature, etc. in a vehicle or on a piece of machinery- the flight instruments
飞行仪表 - the instrument panel
仪表盘
- the flight instruments
- 促成某事的人(或事物);手段
something that is used by sb in order to achieve sth; a person or thing that makes sth happen- The law is not the best instrument for dealing with family matters.
法律并不是处理家庭问题的最佳方法。 - an instrument of change
促成变革的措施
- The law is not the best instrument for dealing with family matters.
- 受利用(或控制)的人;工具
a person who is used and controlled by sb/sth that is more powerful- an instrument of fate
受命运摆布的人
- an instrument of fate
- 文据;正式法律文件
a formal legal document
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 器械;器具
Aninstrumentis a tool or device that is used to do a particular task, especially a scientific task.- ...a thin tube-like optical instrument.
试管状的细长光学仪器 - ...instruments for cleaning and polishing teeth...
清洗和抛光牙齿的器械 - The environment itself will at the same time be measured by about 60 scientific instruments.
同时环境本身将由大约60种科学器械来测量。
- ...a thin tube-like optical instrument.
- N-COUNT 乐器
A musicalinstrumentis an object such as a piano, guitar, or flute, which you play in order to produce music.- Learning a musical instrument introduces a child to an understanding of music.
学一门乐器能引导孩子了解音乐。
- Learning a musical instrument introduces a child to an understanding of music.
- N-COUNT 仪器;仪表
Aninstrumentis a device that is used for making measurements of something such as speed, height, or sound, for example on a ship or plane or in a car.- ...crucial instruments on the control panel.
控制面板上的重要仪表 - ...navigation instruments.
导航仪器
- ...crucial instruments on the control panel.
- N-COUNT 工具;手段;被他人利用的人
Something that is aninstrumentfor achieving a particular aim is used by people to achieve that aim.- The veto has been a traditional instrument of diplomacy for centuries.
几个世纪以来否决权一直是外交上惯用的手段。
- The veto has been a traditional instrument of diplomacy for centuries.
- See also:stringed instrumentwind instrument
英英释义
noun
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- my greed was the instrument of my destruction
- science has given us new tools to fight disease
- a device that requires skill for proper use
- any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
- the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
- (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
- a person used by another to gain an end
verb
- address a legal document to
- write an instrumental score for
- equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling
双语例句
- The principle of this method, the composing of the instrument and the environment are introduced in this paper.
对该方法的原理、仪器系统组成、运作环境等进行了介绍,论述了产生问题的原因。 - This instrument monitors the patient's heartbeats.
这台仪器监听病人的心跳。 - This instrument demands stringent specification.
这台设备要求高标准。 - A language is a finely tuned instrument which it is a crime to damage
语言是一种精心调试的乐器,破坏它就是一种罪过。 - Her hands trembled slightly as she reached for the instrument.
她伸出手拿乐器时,手微微有些抖动。 - An instrument called a trocar makes a puncture in the abdominal wall.
一种叫做套管针的工具在腹壁上刺了一个孔。 - The veto has been a traditional instrument of diplomacy for centuries.
几个世纪以来否决权一直是外交上惯用的手段。 - There is an internal circuit breaker to protect the instrument from overload.
内置有断路器,防止设备过载。 - He did not himself kill the prisoner; the jailer was his instrument in the murder.
他没有亲手杀死犯人,监狱看守在这起凶杀案中充当了他的工具。 - No kidding, it's not easy to get a universal instrument these days.
说真的,现在要买台万能仪可不容易。