instrument
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT An instrument is a tool or device that is used to do a particular task, especially a scientific task. 器械
...instruments for cleaning and polishing teeth. …清潔和拋光牙齒的各種器械。
2. N-COUNT A musical instrument is an object such as a piano, guitar, or flute, which you play in order to produce music. 樂器
Learning a musical instrument introduces a child to an understanding of music. 學習一種樂器能引導孩子對音樂有所了解。
3. N-COUNT An instrument is 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. 儀器
The design of crucial instruments on the control panel will have to be improved. 控制板上關鍵儀器的設計必須要改進。
4. N-COUNT Something that is an instrument for achieving a particular aim is used by people to achieve that aim. 手段
The veto has been a traditional instrument of diplomacy for centuries. 數世紀以來，否決已經成為一種傳統(tǒng)的外交手段。
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instrument /??nstr?m?nt/ (instruments)
劍橋詞典
- When a piece of music is recorded , each instrument is recorded separately on a 24- or 48-track tape .
- If you want to learn to play a musical instrument, it might be a good idea to begin on something simple .
- This wooden instrument is the ancestor of the modern metal flute .
- The family all play instruments - they're all very musical .
- The trumpet and trombone are brass instruments.
- The main instruments are in the centre of the control panel .
- The doctor used a sharp instrument to dig a piece of glass out of my finger .
- Lewis estimates that 40 to 80 percent of dentists actually autoclave their instruments as they should.
- The museum has a large collection of vicious medieval torture instruments.
- The instrument panel was brightly illuminated .
instrument noun [C] (MUSIC)
A2 (also musical instrument)an object , such as a piano , guitar , or drum , that is played to produce musical sounds
樂器
Which instrument do you play ? 你演奏哪一種樂器？
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instrument noun [C] (TOOL)
a tool or other device , especially one without electrical power , used for performing a particular piece of work器械
surgical instruments 外科手術器械
instruments of torture 刑具
The man's injuries had obviously been caused by a blunt instrument. 這人的傷口顯然是由鈍器所致。
a device used for measuring speed , height , etc. in vehicles , especially aircraft
（尤指飛機上的）儀器，儀表
the instrument panel 儀表板
The lightning had damaged the plane's instruments, and they weren't giving any readings . 閃電擊毀了飛機的儀表，上面什么數據都顯示不出來。
C2 formal
a way of achieving or causing something
手段
He saw the theatre as an instrument of change - a way of forcing people to consider social and political issues . 他把戲劇看作變革的手段——一種迫使人們考慮社會及政治問題的方法。
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instrument noun [C] (FINANCE)
a type of investment in a company or in government debt that can be traded on the financial markets
可以在金融市場上進行交易的投資（或政府債券）
They trade in the debt instruments of developing countries . 他們對發(fā)展中國家的債卷進行交易。
increasingly complex financial instruments 越來越復雜的財務債券 返回 instrument