device

英 [dɪ'vaɪs] 美[dɪ'vaɪs]

leave someone to do as they wish without supervision

让…自行其是，听任…自行决定

To allow to do as one pleases

听任某人自行其事：允许某人按自己的意愿做事

left the child to her own devices for an hour in the afternoon.
允许孩子在下午有一个小时的自由支配时间

1. The device had been used operationally some months previously.: 该设备几个月之前曾投入运行。

2. The device exploded, throwing Mr Taylor from his car.: 那个装置爆炸了，把泰勒先生从车里抛了出去。

3. The device can discriminate between the cancerous and the normal cells.: 这台仪器可以辨别癌细胞和正常的细胞。

4. The built-in safety device compensates for a fall in water pressure.: 该内置式安全装置在水压下降时能提供保护。

5. The device plugs into one of the laptop's USB ports.: 这个设备可以插入到笔记本电脑的一个通用串行总线接口。