device
1.N-COUNT 可数名词装置;设备;器具;仪器 A device is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.
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...an electronic device that protects your vehicle 24 hours a day.
24小时保护车辆的电子装置
...a device that could measure minute quantities of matter...
能够测量微量物质的设备
We believe that an explosive device had been left inside a container.
我们认为有一个爆炸装置被留在了一只集装箱里。
2.N-COUNT 可数名词手段;策略;方法;技巧 A device is a method of achieving something.
They claim that military spending is used as a device for managing the economy.
他们声称军费开支是用来作为调控经济的手段的。
...the literary device of the metaphor.
隐喻的文学手法
3.PHRASE 短语听任…自便;让…自行发展;不去管 If you leave someone to their own devices, you leave them alone to do as they wish.
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Left to his own devices, Osborn is a fluent — and often original — guitarist.
任其自由发挥时，奥斯本是一个弹奏流畅、常常富有创意的吉他手。
