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