Before you compete on a reality TV show, you basically sign away your right to protect yourself from looking like a total tool in front of an international viewing audience. Steve Tilley
1instrument for making/repairing things製造或修理用具ADJECTIVE | ... OF TOOLS | VERB + TOOLADJECTIVE➤general-purpose, multi-purpose通用型/多功能工具▸➤basic, primitive, simple, standard, traditional基本/原始/簡單/標準/傳統工具◇craftsmen using traditional tools使用傳統工具的工匠➤sophisticated, special精密/特殊工具➤right合適的工具◇Do you have the right tools for the job?你有合適的工具做這活兒嗎?➤sharp銳利的工具▸➤rusty生銹的工具▸➤cutting, drawing, measuring刀具;繪圖工具;量具▸➤cordless, hand, machine, power無塞繩式工具;手動工具;機牀;電動工具▸➤agricultural, engineering, farm, farming, garden, gardening, industrial, woodworking農具;工程工具;園林工具;工業工具;木工工具... OF TOOLS➤set一套工具VERB + TOOL➤use使用工具▸➤sharpen使工具鋒利▸➤down tools (BrE) 停工◇Workers downed tools (= stopped work) in protest at poor safety standards in the works.工人們停工抗議工廠惡劣的安全標準。tool
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2sth that helps you do/achieve sth助人做事或實現目標之物ADJECTIVE | VERB + TOOL | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤new新工具▸➤effective, essential, handy, important, indispensable, invaluable, key, major, necessary, powerful, primary, useful, valuable, vital有效的/必不可少的/得心應手的/重要的/不可或缺的/非常寶貴的/關鍵的/主要的/必需的/強大的/首要的/有用的/寶貴的/至關重要的工具▸➤blunt鈍的工具▸➤educational, learning, pedagogical, teaching教育工具;學習工具;教學工具;教具➤reference, research參考/研究工具◇This dictionary is an invaluable reference tool for advanced learners.本詞典是高級學習者不可多得的參考工具。➤analysis, analytical, conceptual, diagnostic, investigative, practical分析工具;概念工具;診斷工具;調查工具;實用工具◇a valuable diagnostic tool for physicians寶貴的醫生診斷工具➤legal, negotiating, political, propaganda法律/談判/政治/宣傳工具◇We must ensure that education is not used as a political tool.我們必須確保教育不被用作政治工具。➤communication, management, marketing交流/管理/營銷工具▸➤design, development, drawing, multimedia, presentation設計/開發/繪圖/多媒體/演示工具➤blogging, desktop, digital, online, programming, software博客/桌面/數字/在線/編程/軟件工具VERB + TOOL➤become成為工具◇The Internet has become a vital tool for many artists.因特網已經成為許多藝術家的重要工具。➤develop, provide開發/提供工具PHRASES➤the tools of the/sb's trade某行當的工具◇Sympathy and compassion are the tools of his trade.同情和憐憫是他那一行的手段。