instrumental
英 [ɪnstrʊ'ment(ə)l]
美 [,ɪnstrə'mɛntl]
- adj. 樂器的；有幫助的；儀器的，器械的
- n. 器樂曲；工具字，工具格
助記提示
1. Instrument comes from the same source as instruct.
2. instruct => instrument.
3. instruere "arrange, inform, teach," literally "to build, erect," from in- "on" + struere "to pile, build" (see structure).
4. => 'tool, equipment' => musical instrument.
中文詞源
instrumental 起重要作用的來自instrument,工具，儀器。引申詞義起重要作用的。
英文詞源
- instrumental (adj.)
- late 14c., "of the nature of an instrument," from Old French instrumental, from Medieval Latin instrumentalis, from Latin instrumentum (see instrument). Meaning "serviceable, useful" is from c. 1600. Of music, c. 1500; noun meaning "musical composition for instruments only" is attested by 1940. Related: Instrumentally; instrumentality.
雙語例句
- 1. The last track on the CD is an instrumental.
- CD上的最後一支曲目是一首器樂曲。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Jesse Jackson was instrumental in the release of some of the hostages.
- 其中一些人質得以獲釋多虧了傑西·傑克遜。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He was instrumental in bringing about an end to the conflict.
- 他在終止衝突的過程中起了重要作用。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. In Polish the verb'to be'takes the instrumental case.
- 在波蘭語中,動詞tobe用工具格.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. He was instrumental in catching the criminal.
- 在捉拿那個罪犯的過程中,他起了作用.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》