1 ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ] 有助益的;有帮助的;起作用的 Someone or something that is instrumental in a process or event helps to make it happen. 有助益的;有帮助的;起作用的
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In his first years as chairman he was instrumental in raising the company's wider profile. [+ in]
他任董事长的最初几年为提升公司的知名度起到了积极的推动作用。
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Jesse Jackson was instrumental in the release of some of the hostages.
其中一些人质得以获释多亏了杰西·杰克逊。
SYN active, involved, influential, useful
2 ADJ [ADJ n] 用乐器演奏(而非声乐)的;为器乐谱写的 Instrumental music is performed by instruments and not by voices. 用乐器演奏(而非声乐)的;为器乐谱写的
Instrumentals are pieces of instrumental music.
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