instrument是什么意思

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• 0 an object, such as a piano, guitar, or drum, that is played to produce musical sounds -- 樂器

  • Which instrument do you play? 你演奏哪一種樂器？

• 1 a tool or other device, especially one without electrical power, used for performing a particular piece of work -- 器械

  • surgical instruments 外科手術器械

  • instruments of torture 刑具

  • The man's injuries had obviously been caused by a blunt instrument. 這人的傷口顯然是由鈍器所致。

  • the instrument panel 儀表板

  • The lightning had damaged the plane's instruments, and they weren't giving any readings. 閃電擊毀了飛機的儀表，上面甚麼資料都顯示不出來。

  • He saw the theatre as an instrument of change - a way of forcing people to consider social and political issues. 他把戲劇看作變革的手段——一種迫使人們考慮社會及政治問題的方法。

• 2 a type of investment in a company or in government debt that can be traded on the financial markets -- 可以在金融市場上進行交易的投資（或政府債券）

  • They trade in the debt instruments of developing countries. 他們對發展中國家的債券進行交易。

  • increasingly complex financial instruments 越來越複雜的財務債券