记忆方法
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.
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.
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词族 · instrumental
中文词源
instrumental 起重要作用的
来自instrument,工具，仪器。引申词义起重要作用的。
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 1. The last track on the CD is an instrumental.
- CD上的最后一支曲目是一首器乐曲。
- 2. 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。
- 3. 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。
- 4. In Polish the verb'to be'takes the instrumental case.
- 在波兰语中,动词tobe用工具格.
- 5. He was instrumental in catching the criminal.
- 在捉拿那个罪犯的过程中,他起了作用.
词语辨析
【institutional, instrumental, universal, fundamental】
institutional: 制度上的，公共机构的
instrumental: 起作用的，有助于
universal: 全体的，普及的，大众的
fundamental: 基础的，根本的，必要的
institutional: 制度上的，公共机构的
instrumental: 起作用的，有助于
universal: 全体的，普及的，大众的
fundamental: 基础的，根本的，必要的