0 a set of equipment or tools or a machine that is used for a particular purpose -- 設備；儀器；裝置；用具
1 an organization or system, especially a political one -- （尤指政治）機構，組織，機制
The source of statehood remained extraverted, limiting the impact of the colonial state and its apparatuses.
Hundreds of gangsters launched violent attacks upon the local state apparatuses.
Indeed, the healthcare system seems to be primarily devoted to increasing the use of a variety of artefacts: synthetic drugs, diagnostics, a whole range of biomedical apparatuses.
288 development of the outer and middle ear apparatuses.
The book's strength lies in its detailed discussion of military and security apparatuses and capabilities, which will be of significant interest to defense and policy analysts.
Cruz does not directly address this concern, for the book says little about differences among the countries that concern their socioeconomic conditions and the organisation of their state apparatuses.
The 1930s proved to be a decade of relative prosperity for most chicleros, partly because state apparatuses initially compensated for the fall in price on the world market.
One such option taken by the new leaders combined constitutional amendments, the multiplication of restrictive political statutes (for example, censorship laws), and the creation of elaborate security apparatuses.
