柯林斯詞典instrument /??nstr?m?nt/ (instruments) 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(shù)世紀以來，否決已經(jīng)成爲一種傳統(tǒng)的外交手段。 返回 instrument劍橋詞典 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 ? 你縯奏哪一種樂器？ 例句 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. 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 . 閃電擊燬了飛機的儀表，上麪什麼數(shù)據(jù)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 . 他把戯劇看作變革的手段——一種迫使人們考慮社會及政治問題的方法。 例句 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] (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 越來越複襍的財務債券 返回 instrument