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Machinery Məˈʃiːnəri Government Machines System Noun Uncountable  The

Machinery refers to general machines, especially large ones, or the systems and procedures of an organization. It can also refer to the working parts of a machine.

machinery (n.) 1. (uncountable) machines in general, especially large ones used in factories or on farms. 2. (uncountable) the system of procedures and organizations used to control or manage something, e.g. government machinery. 3. (singular) a machine or the parts of a machine that make it work.

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[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。


Oxford ma·chin·ery / məˈʃiːnəri ; NAmE məˈʃiːnəri / noun 1 [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。 machinery machineries ma·chin·ery / məˈʃiːnəri ; NAmE məˈʃiːnəri /
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machineryma‧chin‧e‧ry /məˈʃiːnəri/ ●●○ W3 noun [uncountable]
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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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machinery

[məˈʃi:nəri]

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n.机械;机器;机构;机械装置

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