[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](总称)机器,机械 You can use machinery to refer to machines in general, or machines that are used in a factory or on a farm.
...quality tools and machinery.
质量上乘的工具和机械
...your local garden machinery specialist...
你们当地的园艺机械专家
Farmers import most of their machinery and materials.
农民的绝大部分机器和原料都来自进口。
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[N-SING 单数名词](国家)机构;机制;组织The machinery of a government or organization is the system and all the procedures that it uses to deal with things.
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The machinery of democracy could be created quickly.
民主制度可以迅速建立起来。
...the government machinery and administrative procedures concerned with social provision...
与社会保障相关的政府机构和行政程序
The full state and police machinery ground into action.
全州所有机构和警察部门已经开始行动了。
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ma·chin·ery★/məˈʃiːnəri; NAmEməˈʃiːnəri/noun1★[uncountable ]machines as a group, especially large ones (统称)机器;(尤指)大型机器◆agricultural/industrial machinery农业╱工业机械◆a piece of machinery一部机器2★[uncountable ]the parts of a machine that make it work 机器的运转部份;机械装置3[uncountable , singular ]the organization or structure of sth; the system for doing sth 组织;机构;系统;体制machinery(of sth) ◆the machinery of government政府机构machinery(for doing sth) ◆There is no machinery for resolving disputes.根本没有解决纷争的机制。machinerymachineriesma·chin·ery/məˈʃiːnəri; NAmEməˈʃiːnəri/
1machines, especially large onesagricultural/industrial/factory etc machinery The use of heavy machinery has damaged the site. a piece of machinery2a system or set of processes for doing somethingmachinery of the machinery of governmentmachinery for (doing) something The company has no effective machinery for resolving disputes.3the parts inside a machine that make it work: Be careful not to get anything caught in the machinery.
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