plural devices
plural devices
Learner's definition of DEVICE
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: an object, machine, or piece of equipment that has been made for some special purpose裝置;設備;儀器 -
mechanical devices機械裝置
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The store sells TVs, VCRs, and other electronic devices.商店銷售電視機、錄像機和其他電子設備。
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a hidden recording device隐藏的記錄裝置
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: a weapon that explodes爆炸裝置 3
: something that is done in order to achieve a particular effect手段;策略 4
: something in a book, play, poem, movie, etc., that is used to achieve a particular effect(文學、戲劇、詩歌、電影等的)手法 -
He is known for his use of irony and other literary devices.他以運用諷刺和其他文學手法而著名。
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a contrived plot device做作的情節設計
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the play's use of traditional comic devices such as slapstick劇中運用了諸如鬧劇一類的傳統喜劇手法
leave you to your own devices
◊ If someone leaves you to your own devices or you are left to your own devices, you are allowed to do what you want or what you are able to do without being controlled or helped by anyone else.放任不管;爲所欲爲
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The students were left to their own devices when the teacher failed to appear on time.當老師沒能按時出現在課堂時,學生們就各行其是了。
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Left to its own devices, the school would accept only the most advanced students.如果放任不管,那麽學校就將只接收最優秀的學生。