考研英语词汇复习(59):equ...
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考研英语词汇复习(59):equ...
考研英语词汇复习(59)
equipment 、apparatus、device
facilities、utilities;appliance、instrument
佳中
equipment
apparatus
device
equipment 是“设备”、“装备”的总称、凡指各种设备,多用作不可数名词,不用复数形式。
1) Our staff will be happy to answer your questions if you run into difficulties installing the equipment.
(如果你安装设备遇到困难,我们的工作人员会很乐意回答你的问题,。
)
2)We have recently introduced two set of equaipment from West Germany for our laboratory.
(我们最近从西德为我们的实验室引进了两套设备。
)
apparatus 通常指用于特定行业、职业的装置,尤指整套装置,如用与冷却装置(cooling appaatus)。
1) The apparatus must be sufficiently shielded from the interfering effects of other particles.
(装置必须做充分屏蔽以免其他粒子的干扰效应。
)
2)The school’s audio-visual apparatus includes a new set of multi-media deivce, not to
mention films, records etc.
(这所中学的视听设备包括一套新的多媒体装置,更不用说电影、录音等设备了。
)
device 指为某一用途设计制造的装置,一般是指较为单一或简单的装置。
1) Physical and chemical tests verify that the recovery device has neither radioactive pollution nor toxic side effects.
(物理和化学测试验证这种康复器无放射性污染,无毒性副作用。
)2)The laboratory has designed, tested and evaluated a lightweigth.low-yeild fission device.
(该实验室设计,试验和鉴定了一种轻巧、低当量的裂变装置。
)
facilities
utilities
facilities “设备”、“设施”,常用复数形式,指专门为了某一用途建造、制造、购买、配备的设施”、“设备”,如用于军事用途的 militray facilities;用于医疗的medical facilities。
1) The students who live on the campus can use all the facilities of the university to the full.
(居住在校园学生可以充分使用大学所有的设施。
)
2) Many sports centers have been built with adveanced facilities in Beijing.
(北京已经建造了许多配有先进设备的体育中心。
)
utilities 指“公共设备”,“公共设施”,也可指“公共事业”或“公共机构”。
1) It is imperative to improve the public utilities with the rapid development of urban areas.
(当务之急是要随着城市区域迅速扩展改善公共设施。
)
2) The fund plans to target investment aross the globe, particularly in energy, utilities and trnsport.
(该基金计划全球投资,重点是能源、公用事业和运输部门。
)
appliance
instrument
appliance “器具”、“装置”、“用具”,多用于指家庭、生活、医疗、电力等机械或器具。
1) Stoves, irons, washing machines, etc. are household appliances.
(炉子、熨斗、洗衣机等是家庭用具。
)
2)The new hotal is fitted up with modern appliances.
(这家新建的旅馆装有现代化的装置。
)
3) In 1987 he founded the curent Gome, which has
developed into China’s largest home appliance retail
business.
(他在1987年创办的国美电器,目前已发展成中国最大的家电零售企业。
)
instrument “仪器”,通常指比较精密的仪器。
1) A camera is placed through the hole to help quide the surgical instrument.
(一个摄像镜头被放入孔中来帮助指引外科手术器械。
)
2)In spite of its good performance, the instrument is too complicated and expensive to be generally introduced.
(尽管其优良的性能,该仪器太复杂、太昂贵,不宜广泛推广。
)。