instrument
英 ['ɪnstrʊm(ə)nt]
美['ɪnstrəmənt]
- n. 仪器；工具；乐器；手段；器械
词态变化
复数: instruments;
中文词源
instrument 仪器，器械，乐器，法律文件
in-,进入，使，-stru,建造，建设，词源同structure,destruct.引申词义提供的工具，仪器，器械等。后也用于指乐器或法律文件。
英英释意
- 1. a device that requires skill for proper use
- 2. the means whereby some act is accomplished;
- "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"
- "science has given us new tools to fight disease"
- 3. a person used by another to gain an end
- 4. (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
- 5. the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
- 6. any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
英文词源
- instrument
- instrument: [13] Instrument comes from the same source as instruct: the Latin verb instruere ‘build, prepare, equip, teach’. From it was derived the noun instrūmentum, which meant ‘tool, equipment’. When introduced into English via Old French at the end of the 13th century it was used for a ‘musical instrument’, but the more general ‘implement’ and the metaphorical ‘means’ soon followed in the 14th century.
=> construct, destroy, instruct, structure - instrument (n.)
- late 13c., "musical instrument," from Old French instrument "means, device; musical instrument" (14c., earlier estrument, 13c.) and directly from Latin instrumentem "a tool, apparatus, furniture, dress, document," from instruere "arrange, furnish" (see instruct). Meaning "tool, implement, utensil" is early 14c. in English; meaning "written document by which formal expression is given to a legal act" is from early 15c.
同义词辨析
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。
考试真题
- Over the next two years they made their most groundbreaking work, turning the recording studio into a magical instrument of its own.
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- When performing, he positions his instruments in a way that is deliberately inconvenient, so that switching from guitar to organ mid-song involves a mad dash across the stage.
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- With creativity, even old-fashioned instruments may produce spectacular sound effects
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- Some of these images include figures never seen before in France, such as a woman playing a stringed instrument, possibly a character from mythology.
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- But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument, and was committed to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 完形填空 原文
- He might not have done this particularly well, because the teacher told gabriel that he had a good ear and suggested that gabriel go into the music store-room to see if any of the instruments there appealed to him.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 完形填空 原文
- I don't see how musical instruments can help improve manners in public.
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- In his first years of high school, Gabriel would look pityingly at music students, struggling across the campus with their heavy instrument cases.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 完形填空 原文
- This meant, of course, that he arrived at school early in the morning, dragging his heavy instrument case across the campus to the pitying looks of the non-musicians he had left behind.
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实用场景例句
- surgical/optical/precision, etc. instruments
- 外科器械；光学、精密等仪器
牛津词典
- instruments of torture
- 刑具
牛津词典
- Is he learning an instrument?
- 他在学习演奏乐器吗？
牛津词典
- brass/stringed, etc. instruments
- 铜管乐器、弦乐器等
牛津词典
- the flight instruments
- 飞行仪表
牛津词典
- the instrument panel
- 仪表盘
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- an instrument of change
- 促成变革的措施
牛津词典
- an instrument of fate
- 受命运摆布的人
牛津词典
- ...a thin tube-like optical instrument.
- 试管状的细长光学仪器
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...instruments for cleaning and polishing teeth...
- 清洗和抛光牙齿的器械
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...crucial instruments on the control panel.
- 控制面板上的重要仪表
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...navigation instruments.
- 导航仪器
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Front Office : Certainly sir. I'll book you into a hotel area moment, please.
- 好的, 我帮您们预约一家本区的旅馆, 请稍候.
期刊摘选
- This instrument monitors the patient's heartbeats.
- 这台仪器监听病人的心跳.
《简明英汉词典》
- The despot claimed to be the chosen instrument of divine providence.
- 专制者声称自己是上天选定的统治工具.
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- There are twin holes on each side of the instrument.
- 这工具的两边各有一对孔眼.
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- 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.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He originated a new instrument.
- 他发明了一种新仪器.
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- You can see distant objects with this special instrument.
- 用这台特殊仪器,你可以看到远处的物体.
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- This precision instrument is worth 10,000 yuan.
- 这台精密仪器价值一万元.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Language is an instrument for communication.
- 语言是交际的工具.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Play the piece as music and not as a struggle between yourself and your instrument.
- 要把这支乐曲演奏成音乐,不要听起来像你和乐器间的搏斗.
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