| 单词 | implement |
| 释义 | im·ple·ment I. 1. a. < the implements of religious worship > b. < a farm implement > < an implement of war > < the implements of his trade > < useful implements such as axes, chisels, gouges, arrowheads, pestles and mortars, and ornamented pipes — American Guide Series: Rhode Island > < the need for an implement to help roll the heavy logs — McGill News > c. < judges striving to be efficient implements of justice > < the most stringent implement that could be employed … would be withdrawal of safe conduct for Swedish ships plying the Atlantic — Newsweek > 2. Scots law Synonyms: < spades and other gardener's implements > < swords, guns, and implements of war > < propaganda as an implement of cold war > < the quill pen was an early implement of communication > tool suggests an implement adapted to facilitate a given work, especially the work of a craftsman or artisan < carpenter's tools > < a pipe wrench and other plumber's tools > < a new research tool, in the form of a bibliography of all the literature on the arctic put out in the last 75 years — Science > < reference tools like the dictionary and the encyclopedia — English Language Arts > < the breeder uses three basic tools to bring about the genetic improvement of animals … selection, inbreeding, and crossing — Science in Farming > instrument suggests delicate construction or precision work as in dentistry, surgery, or surveying and may extend beyond mechanical or manual operation as in instruments for recording temperatures or rates of speed or musical instruments or in any more or less precise device for achieving any end < the laboratory instruments necessary to careful scientific research > < an oscilloscope and other radio-testing instruments > < language is the essential instrument for the acquirement and communication of ideas — L.J.Shehan > < in a day when novels were considered instruments of Satan — American Guide Series: New York > appliance is used usually for a device which effects work but which is moved by some power other than or in addition to guidance or control by hand < washing machines, vacuum cleaners, and other household appliances > < appliance means current-consuming equipment, fixed or portable; for example, heating, cooking, and small motor-operated equipment — National Electric Safety Code > < the clutch cleats for the sheet lines, reefing gears, and many other appliances used with the enormous sails — E.J.Schoettle > utensil suggests something useful in accomplishing work, especially domestic work or work similar to it, and usually manageable by hand < pipe, pipe cleaners, and other smoking utensils > < a rolling pin, a fork, a frying pan and an oven are the utensils with which she makes her pie — Gilbert Ryle > < kitchen utensils > < fingers were the only eating utensils — H.A.Chippendale > II. 1. a. < wondering how he might best implement his purpose > < continued to clamor for action to implement the promise — New York Times > < a committee to implement the plans so well formulated > especially < failure to carry out and implement the will of the majority — Clement Attlee > < an agency created to implement the recommendation of the committee > < programs to implement our foreign policy > b. < survey the problem as a whole and implement the joint interest in an expanding economy — George Soule > 2. Synonyms: see enforce |
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