machinery 是什么意思？machinery 的含义 - 柯林高阶英语学习词典 - 在线工具

1. uncountable noun

You can use machinery to refer to machines in general, or machines that are used in a factory or on a farm.

...quality tools and machinery.

...your local garden machinery specialist.

Farmers import most of their machinery and materials.

Synonyms: equipment, gear, instruments, apparatus More Synonyms of machinery

2. singular noun

The machinery of a government or organization is the system and all the procedures that it uses to deal with things.

The machinery of democracy could be created quickly. [+ of]

...the government machinery and administrative procedures concerned with social provision.

The full state and police machinery ground into action.

Synonyms: administration, system, organization, agency More Synonyms of machinery

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