apparatus

• n. 装置，设备；仪器；器官

前缀ap-同ad-. 词根par, 准备，见prepare.

1. equipment designed to serve a specific function

2. (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function;

"the breathing apparatus"

apparatus

apparatus: [17] Etymologically, apparatus is ‘equipment that has been prepared for a particular use’. The word is borrowed from Latin apparātus, the past participle of the compound verb apparāre, formed from the prefix ad- and parāre ‘make ready’ (source of prepare ‘make ready in advance’, and related to parent). At the beginning of the 17th century, the related but anglicized form apparate put in a brief appearance in the language (possibly borrowed from French apparat), but within 20 years apparatus had supplanted it.
=> parent, prepare

apparatus (n.)

1620s, from Latin apparatus "tools, implements, equipment; preparation, a preparing," noun of state from past participle stem of apparare "prepare," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + parare "make ready" (see pare).

apparatus, instrument, device, equipment, tool, implement, installation, appliance, facilities

这些名词均有"仪器，设备，器械，器具"之意。

apparatus：既可指某种具体的由许多不同零件构成的复杂的仪器、装置或器械，又可指它们的总称。

instrument：通常指能使人们完成某一精确动作或测量的一种小型仪器，尤指电工仪表、测量装置，航海或航空用的控制装置。

device：多指为某一特殊用途或解决某一特定机械问题而设计或改装的精巧的仪器或装置。

equipment：多指成套的或重型的设备或装备。通常用作不可数名词。

tool：一般指进行特种工作的手工工具，也可指人造使用动力的工具，还可作引申用。

implement：原指史前人类所用的工具，现在多指农用工具，也可指为实现某个任务所需的工具或器具。

installation：一般多指安装完成，可供使用或操作的整套装置或设施。

appliance：侧重指家用机器或设备，尤指家用电器。

facilities：常用复数形式，指可供使用的设备或设施。

machine, machinery, mechanism, apparatus, engine, motor

这些名词均有"机器，装置"之意。

machine： 普通用词，泛指一切机器。

machinery： 指机器的总称。

mechanism： 指运行系统，简单的机械装置。

apparatus： 指具有特殊用途的装置。

engine： 既可泛指或大或小、简单或复杂的机械、机器，又可指产生动力的发动机或引擎。

motor： 通常指小型或轻型马达、发动机。

On the one side, you have the United States government's mighty legal and security apparatus fighting for data of the most sympathetic sort: the secrets buried in a dead mass murderer' phone.

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the power of the state apparatus

国家机关的权力

牛津词典

the sensory apparatus

感觉器官

牛津词典

Firefighters needed breathing apparatus to enter the burning house.

消防队员需要呼吸器以便进入燃烧的大楼。

牛津词典

a piece of laboratory apparatus

一件实验室仪器

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For many years, the country had been buried under the apparatus of the regime.

多年来，这个国家一直处于该政权机构的高压统治下。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a massive bureaucratic apparatus.

庞大的官僚机构

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One of the boys had to be rescued by firemen wearing breathing apparatus.

其中一个男孩须由带着呼吸装置的消防员才能救出。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Our laboratory is also well equipped with scientific apparatus, physical and chemical.

我们的实验室,也充实有科学仪器的设备, 有物理学的,有化学的.

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Pollen grains are rich in mitochondria, Golgi apparatus, and endoplasmic reticulum.

花粉粒富含线粒体 、 高尔基体以及内质网上.

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Auto focusing technology is widely used in all kinds of optical apparatus.

自动调焦技术已经广泛应用于各种光学仪器中.

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The embodiment of the invention also discloses a method and apparatus for monitoring multimedia contents.

本发明实施例还公开了一种多媒体内容监测的方法及装置.

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The apparatus to is designed is to is used at the power station.

所设计的仪器将用在发电站.

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There are different sports apparatus in the gym.

体育馆里有各种体育器材.

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Nanomechanics deals with the mechanical problems of materials, apparatus and structures at nanometer scale.

纳米力学是研究纳米尺度材料 、 器件与结构的力学.

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Meanwhile, the function extends of daily apparatus are broadened.

同时扩大了日用器具的功能范围.

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The water gun is a kind of spraying apparatus loved by children.

水枪是孩子们爱玩儿的一种玩具喷射器.

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For example constructing the resistance, capacitance apparatus model and the amplifier experiment circuit.

比如构建电阻 、 电容元器件模型、放大器实验电路.

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How did the apparatus of risk managers and board committees allow them to err so badly?

风险管理机构和董事会委员们是如何允许他们犯如此严重的错误哪?

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Bronchial asthma is a common disease and frequently encountered disease of respiratory apparatus.

支气管哮喘是呼吸系统一种常见病与多发病.

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The apparatus thus described, however, records only the horizontal component of the wave movement.

然而, 仪器的如此描画只记录下波的运动的水平组成部分, 但是事实上波的运动要复杂得多(指不易解释).

《用法词典》

But with our socialist policies and state apparatus , we shall be able to cope with them.

但是, 我们的社会主义政策和国家机器有力量去克服这些东西.

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By the way , where is the Medical Station? I want to have a look at the apparatus there.

对了, 医疗站在什么地方?

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This apparatus produces harmful radiations.

这种仪器会产生有害的辐射物.

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The apparatus is spotlessly clean.

仪器上一尘不染.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The school's audio apparatus includes films and records.

学校的视听设备包括放映机和录音机.

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A nuclear reactor is the apparatus in which atoms are split.

核反应堆是分裂原子的装置.

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