新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

apparatus

英  [ˌæpəˈreɪtəs]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • apparatuses

    1[C, U 有变体名词] 设备

    Apparatus is the equipment, such as tools and machines, which is used to do a particular job or activity.

    近义词

    equipment

    双语例句

    例:

    One of the boys had to be rescued by firemen wearing breathing apparatus.

    其中的一个男孩得由戴着呼吸设备的消防队员们营救。

    例:

    a standard piece of laboratory apparatus, the spectrometer.

    一件标准的实验室设备,分光计。

    2[C, U 有变体名词] (机构、体系的)组织和运作方式

    The apparatus of an organization or system is its structure and method of operation.

    双语例句

    例:

    For many years, the country had been buried under the apparatus of the regime.

    多年来,该国一直处于这种政体的统治下。