0 a group of large machines or the parts of a machine that make it work:
industrial/farm machinery
His hand was injured when he got it caught in the machinery.
1 the structure and systems of an organization or process:
bureaucratic/political/decision-making machinery
the machinery of government
2 a group of machines, or the movable parts of a machine:
farm machinery
Some of the older machinery breaks down frequently.
3 a group of large machines or large machines in general:
agricultural/industrial/farm, etc. machinery They use modern farm machinery, such as combine harvesters.
drive/operate/use machinery If you feel tired, you should not drive or operate heavy machinery.
machinery goes/runs/works They keep the machinery working all night.
machinery manufacturer/supplier The site is owned by a textile machinery manufacturer.
4 the structure and systems of an organization or process:
The Prime Minister made major changes to the machinery of government.
the bureaucratic/political/decision-making machinery
The machinery company was a front operation for arms smuggling.
Nuts and bolts are used to hold pieces of machinery together.
Prolonged industrial conflicts often produced widespread confrontations between law enforcement machineries of the colonial state and poorer urban dwellers.
I was, in fact, in part producing permanent capital in the form of transfer machineries.
In most negotiating machineries there is a fairly clear division, with employers on one side and employees on the other.
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機器, (大型的)機器, 機械…
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makine aksamı, makineler, mekanizma…
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machines [feminine, plural], rouages [masculine…
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