in·stru·men·tal
adjective/ˌɪnstrəˈmentl/
/ˌɪnstrəˈmentl/
- important in making something happen
起重要作用 - The Conservation Trust performs an instrumental role in the protection of rural environments.
保护信托基金在保护农村环境方面发挥着重要作用。 - instrumental in (doing) something He was instrumental in bringing about an end to the conflict.
他在终止冲突的过程中起了重要作用。 - They were highly instrumental in bringing the business to Newtown.
在把业务引入纽敦过程中他们发挥了重大作用。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- become
- …
- highly
- very
- essentially
- …
- in
- The Conservation Trust performs an instrumental role in the protection of rural environments.
- made by or for musical instruments
用乐器演奏的；为乐器谱写的 - instrumental music
器乐曲 - The songs are largely instrumental.
这些歌曲以器乐为主。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- largely
- mostly
- entirely
- …
- instrumental music
- (grammar) (in some languages) in the form that a noun, pronoun or adjective has when it refers to a thing that is used to do something
工具的 - the instrumental case
工具格
- the instrumental case
Word Originlate Middle English: via French from medieval Latin instrumentalis, from Latin instrumentum, from the verb instruere, from in- ‘upon, towards’ + struere ‘pile up’.