instrument
noun OPAL W
/ˈɪnstrəmənt/
/ˈɪnstrəmənt/
- (also musical instrument)an object used for producing musical sounds, for example a piano or a drum
器械；仪器；器具 - to play an instrument
演奏乐器 - Is he learning an instrument?
他在学习演奏乐器吗？ - percussion/brass/string instruments
打击乐器/铜管乐器/弦乐器 - an instrument maker
仪器制造商
Topics Musica2- Ensure the instrument is tuned to concert pitch.
一定要把乐器的音调到标准音高。 - The instrument sounds like a cello.
这种乐器听起来像大提琴。 - The piece can be played on a keyboard instrument.
这首乐曲可以用键盘乐器演奏。 - The score was written to be played on a keyboard instrument.
这份总谱是用于键盘乐器演奏的。 - an instrument made by a violin maker in Canada
一位加拿大小提琴制作师制作的乐器 - baroque music played on period instruments
用当时的乐器演奏的巴罗克音乐
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- musical
- beautiful
- fine
- …
- play
- learn
- learn to play
- …
- sound
- maker
- on an/the instrument
- to play an instrument
- a tool or device used for a particular task, especially for specialist or scientific work
器械；仪器；器具 - surgical/optical/scientific instruments
外科/光学/科学仪器 - Scientists then began using powerful instruments to peer through the planet's dense atmosphere.
然后，科学家们开始使用强大的仪器来观察这颗行星的致密大气。 - syringes, needles or other sharp instruments
注射器、针头或其他尖锐器具 - medieval instruments of torture such as the rack and the wheel
肢刑架、轮式刑车等中世纪刑具 - instrument for something Instruments for diagnosis and surgery have become hugely more sophisticated.
用于诊断和手术的仪器已经变得非常复杂。 - instrument for doing something the world's most powerful instrument for detecting gamma rays
世界上最强大的探测伽马射线的仪器
Topics Scientific researchb2- All pupils should learn to use drawing instruments.
所有的小学生都应当学会使用绘图工具。 - All the instruments are made from glass capillary tubing.
所有仪器都是用玻璃细管制成的。 - a set of mathematical instruments
一套数学仪器 - This pen is the ideal precision instrument for all your graphic needs.
这支笔是理想的精密器具，可满足您的一切绘图需要。 - The autopsy revealed that the deceased had been hit with a blunt instrument.
尸检表明死者遭受过钝器的重击。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- precision
- sensitive
- sophisticated
- …
- set
- use
- check
- read
- …
- measure something
- check
- maker
- panel
- …
- an instrument of torture
- surgical/optical/scientific instruments
- a device used for measuring speed, distance, temperature, etc. in a vehicle or on a machine
（车辆、机器的）仪器，仪表 - data gathered by instruments aboard the satellite
卫星上仪器收集的数据 - the flight instruments
飞行仪表 - There was a warning light flashing on the instrument panel.
仪表盘上有一个警示灯在闪烁。
Topics Engineeringb2- to read the instruments and make a note of the wind speed and direction
读取仪器数据并记录风速和风向 - an instrument that measures light intensity
测量光强度的仪器 - The pilot did his instrument checks in preparation for take-off.
飞行员检查仪表准备起飞。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- precision
- sensitive
- sophisticated
- …
- set
- use
- check
- read
- …
- measure something
- check
- maker
- panel
- …
- an instrument of torture
- data gathered by instruments aboard the satellite
- (formal) something that is used by somebody in order to achieve something; a person or thing that makes something happen
促成某事的人（或事物）；手段 - instrument for (doing) something 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。 - instrument of something an instrument of change
促成变革的措施
- Even though it was a somewhat blunt instrument (= not very precise), our questionnaire provided us with some interesting ideas.
我们的调查问卷虽然有点儿不够精确，但仍然为我们提供了一些有趣的观点。 - Internet polls are considered to be better instruments than telephone polls.
网络调查被认为是比电话调查更好的方法。 - More effective instruments of oversight are needed.
需要更加有效的监督手段。 - They agreed that the UN was the best instrument for reaching agreement.
他们都认为要达成一致意见最好通过联合国。 - They saw criminal law as an instrument for improving public morals.
他们把刑法视为提高公众道德水准的工具。 - the use of language as an instrument of power and social control
作为权力和社会控制工具的语言的应用 - Financial aid can become an instrument of control rather than a support.
财政援助有时会成为实施操控的手段，而非单纯的支持。 - She was accused of making a public service an instrument of private advantage.
她被控利用公职谋取私利。 - Some cynics say that popular music is a mere instrument of capitalist domination.
有些愤世嫉俗的人说流行音乐只不过是资本主义统治的工具而已。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chief
- key
- main
- …
- regard somebody/something as
- see somebody/something as
- view somebody/something as
- …
- instrument for
- instrument of
- instrument for (doing) something The law is not the best instrument for dealing with family matters.
- instrument of somebody/something (formal) a person who is used and controlled by somebody/something that is more powerful
受利用（或控制）的人；工具 - an instrument of fate
受命运摆布的人 - 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。
- an instrument of fate
- (law
法律 文据；正式法律文件 - credit instruments issued by banks
银行发行的信用工具
- credit instruments issued by banks
词源Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin instrumentum ‘equipment, implement’, from the verb instruere ‘construct, equip’.