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instrument

英 ['ɪnstrʊm(ə)nt] 美['ɪnstrəmənt]
  • n. 仪器;工具;乐器;手段;器械

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