| 释义 |
instrumental/instrʊˈment(ə)l/ adj. & n.●adj. 1 (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 to, in, or in + verbal noun) serving as an instrument or means 作为手段(工具)的 was instrumental in finding the money 寻找钱财的手段 2 (of music) performed on instruments, without singing (cf. 参见 VOCAL) (乐曲)用乐器演奏的(非声乐的) 3 of, or arising from, an instrument 仪表的；由仪器引起的 instrumental error 仪表误差 4 Gram. of or in the instrumental 【语法】工具格的；工具格词缀的 ●n. 1 a piece of music performed by instruments, not by the voice (乐器演奏的)器乐曲 2 Gram. the case of nouns and pronouns (and words in grammatical agreement with them) indicating a means or instrument 【语法】名词和代词的工具格 □ instrumentalist /-ˈment(ə)list/ n.□ instrumentality /-ˈtæliti/ n.□ instrumentally adv.[Middle English via French from medieval Latin instrumentalis (as INSTRUMENT)] |