[N-VAR 可变名词]机构;组织 The apparatus of an organization or system is its structure and method of operation.
[with supp]
For many years, the country had been buried under the apparatus of the regime.
多年来,这个国家一直处于该政权机构的高压统治下。
...a massive bureaucratic apparatus.
庞大的官僚机构
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[N-VAR 可变名词]器械;器具;仪器;设备Apparatus is the equipment, such as tools and machines, which is used to do a particular job or activity.
[oft supp N]
One of the boys had to be rescued by firemen wearing breathing apparatus.
其中一个男孩须由带着呼吸装置的消防员才能救出。
Oxford
ap·par·atus/ˌæpəˈreɪtəs; NAmEˌæpəˈrætəs/noun(pluralap·par·atuses)1[uncountable ]the tools or other pieces of equipment that are needed for a particular activity or task 仪器;器械;装置◆a piece of laboratory apparatus一件实验室仪器◆Firefighters needed breathing apparatus to enter the burning house.消防队员需要呼吸器以便进入燃烧中的大楼。☞synonyms at
equipment
2[countable , usually singular ]the structure of a system or an organization, particularly that of a political party or a government (尤指政党或政府的)机构,组织,机关◆the power of the state apparatus国家机关的权力3[countable , usually singular ]( technical 术语) a system of organs in the body 器官◆the sensory apparatus感觉器官apparatusapparatusesap·par·atus/ˌæpəˈreɪtəs; NAmEˌæpəˈrætəs/
1[uncountable] the set of tools and machines that you use for a particular scientific, medical, or technical purposeSYN equipment: Astronauts have special breathing apparatus.2[countable] the way in which a lot of people are organized to work together to do a job or control a company or countrySYN machinery: The tax will require a massive administrative apparatus. The state apparatus has become corrupt. the apparatus of government
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