apparatus for [noun/verb-ing]
They designed a new apparatus for measuring air pressure.
他们设计了一个测量气压的新装置。
设备;装置;器械
机构;组织;机制;器官系统;器官装置;体操器械;体操用具;消防车;应急车辆;校勘资料;评注材料
pieces of equipment or machinery that work together for a specific purpose; a complex device or a set of tools.
The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.
用于特定功能的设备
equipment designed to serve a specific function
A complex machine or instrument.
一组协同工作的身体部位
(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function
An assortment of tools and instruments.
A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.
A vehicle used for emergency response.
Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.
Any of the objects that the gymnasts wield while performing and used as part of the performance itself.
复杂改造的武器(通常非火器);武器化的鲁布·戈德堡装置
A complex, highly modified weapon (typically not a firearm); a weaponized “Rube Goldberg machine.”
版本中提供信息(尤其是文本异文)的注释系统
In an edition, a system of notations providing information, especially regarding variant readings of a text (a critical apparatus)
The lab assistant carefully assembled the glass apparatus for the distillation experiment.
实验室助理仔细组装了用于蒸馏实验的玻璃装置。
用法提示:这里 'apparatus' 指实验用的整套玻璃器具,为可数名词。
AI contextual example
The gymnast practiced on the balance beam and other apparatus to prepare for the competition.
体操运动员在平衡木和其他器械上练习,为比赛做准备。
用法提示:这里 'apparatus' 指体操器械,常以复数形式出现。
AI contextual example
The firefighter used a breathing apparatus to enter the smoke-filled building.
消防员使用呼吸器进入了充满烟雾的大楼。
用法提示:这里 'apparatus' 指特定功能的设备,如呼吸器。
AI contextual example
They designed a new apparatus for measuring air pressure.
他们设计了一个测量气压的新装置。
apparatus 作为可数集合名词,a piece of 表示单个器具。
This laboratory requires each student to use a piece of apparatus.
这个实验室要求每个学生使用一件器具。
此处 apparatus 指生物体内的器官系统。
The respiratory apparatus consists of the lungs and airways.
呼吸器官由肺和气道组成。
更常见,泛指任何设备,apparatus通常指更复杂或专门的系统
不可数,apparatus可数
常用于科学或医疗领域,apparatus可指整套设备
多指家用电器或工业器具,apparatus更正式
不可数集合名词,apparatus可指单个设备
grammar · medium
易错句子There are many apparatus in the lab.
正确表达There are many apparatuses in the lab.
apparatus 是可数名词,复数形式为 apparatuses 或 apparatus(但现代英语更常用 apparatuses)。中文学习者常将其误当作不可数名词,导致使用 many 时忘记加复数后缀。
grammar · medium
易错句子The apparatus are expensive.
正确表达The apparatus is expensive.
apparatus 作为单数名词时,谓语动词应用单数形式 is。学习者可能受到中文无主谓一致的影响,或误认为 apparatus 是复数形式,导致主谓不一致。
apparatus 指专业或科学设备,appliance 指家用电器。
apparatus 强调功能系统或器具集合,device 指单个设备或器械。
apparatus 多指实验或机械装置,instrument 侧重精密或测量工具。
呼吸装置
The firefighter put on his breathing apparatus before entering the burning building.
消防员在进入燃烧的大楼前戴上了呼吸装置。
科学仪器
The laboratory is equipped with the latest scientific apparatus.
实验室配备了最新的科学仪器。
实验装置
They constructed an experimental apparatus to test the new theory.
他们搭建了一个实验装置来测试新理论。
实验室设备
All laboratory apparatus must be sterilized before use.
所有实验室设备在使用前必须消毒。
摄影器材
He packed his photographic apparatus for the wildlife photography trip.
他打包了摄影器材,准备去拍摄野生动物。
手术器械
The hospital recently updated its surgical apparatus.
医院最近更新了手术器械。
ap- (to) + par (prepare) + -atus (noun suffix)
pre- (before) + par (prepare)
ap- (to) + proach (near)
st (stand) + atus (suffix)
实验室常使用各种仪器设备。
实验需要特定的装置来完成。
设备是装置的上位概念。
装置常包含机械或生物机制。
解剖学中,器官群构成人体装置。
党是一个庞大而复杂的权力机器。
In Orwell's 1984, the apparatus of the Party controls every aspect of life.
在奥威尔的《1984》中,党的机器控制着生活的方方面面。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.