1 N-COUNT 工具;器具;用具 A tool is any instrument or simple piece of equipment that you hold in your hands and use to do a particular kind of work. For example, spades, hammers, and knives are all tools. 工具;器具;用具
SYN implement, device, appliance, apparatus
3 N-COUNT 手段;方法 You can refer to anything that you use for a particular purpose as a particular type of tool . 手段;方法
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Writing is a good tool for discharging overwhelming feelings…
写作是宣泄强烈感情的好方法。
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The video has become an invaluable teaching tool.
录像已经成为非常有用的教学手段。
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The threat of bankruptcy is a legitimate tool to extract money from them.
破产威胁是从他们那里索得钱款的合法手段。
SYN means, agency [old-fashioned] , vehicle, medium
4 N-COUNT 受人利用的人;工具;傀儡 If you describe someone as a tool of a particular person, group, or system, you mean that they are controlled and used by that person, group, or system, especially to do unpleasant or dishonest things. 受人利用的人;工具;傀儡 [disapproval]
SYN puppet, creature, pawn, dupe
5 PHRASE (因罢工或抗议而突然)停工，放下工具 If you say that workers down tools, you mean that they stop working suddenly in order to strike or to make a protest of some kind. (因罢工或抗议而突然)停工，放下工具 [British]
6 PHRASE (技能、工具和设备等)从事某行当的工具 The tools of your trade or the tools of the trade are the skills, instruments, and other equipment that you need in order to do your job properly. (技能、工具和设备等)从事某行当的工具
ThesaurusWord Partnership
| Thesaurus | tool Also look up: |
| N. | appliance, device, instrument 1 2 |
| Word Partnership | Use tool with: |
| N. | tool belt 1 communication tool, learning tool, management tool, marketing tool, teaching tool 2 |
| VERB. | use a tool 1 2 |
| ADJ. | effective tool, important tool, valuable tool 1 2 powerful tool 2 |
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