n.(名词)

1. 手段，方法
2. 诡计；策略；谋略；花招；计划
3. 装置；设备；器具；器械
4. 纹章；图案；图样；花样
5. 设计
6. 意志；欲望
7. 标记
8. 商标

n.(名词)

1. [C]装置,设备,器具 a piece of equipment intended for a particular purpose
2. [C]手段,策略 a plan, especially for a rather dishonest

Noun:

1. an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose;

   "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"
   "a device intended to conserve water"
   

2. something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect

3. any clever maneuver;

   "he would stoop to any device to win a point"
   "it was a great sales gimmick"
   "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen"
   

4. any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)

5. an emblematic design (especially in heraldry);

   "he was recognized by the device on his shield"
   

1.装置;设备;器具;仪器
Adevice is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.

e.g. ...an electronicdevice that protects your vehicle 24 hours a day.
24小时保护车辆的电子装置
e.g. ...adevice that could measure minute quantities of matter...
能够测量微量物质的设备

2.手段;策略;方法;技巧
Adevice is a method of achieving something.

e.g. They claim that military spending is used as adevice for managing the economy.
他们声称军费开支是用来作为调控经济的手段的。
e.g. ...the literarydevice of the metaphor.
隐喻的文学手法

3.听任…自便;让…自行发展;不去管
If youleave someoneto theirown devices, you leave them alone to do as they wish.

e.g. Left to his owndevices, Osborn is a fluent — and often original — guitarist.
任其自由发挥时，奥斯本是一个弹奏流畅、常常富有创意的吉他手。

1. 图案：新的标识(logo)、图案(device)或图形商标(graphic trade mark)均可受到共同体外观设计的保护. 将商标当成外观设计注册将提供一种无需证明复制或混淆即可行使权利的专有权. 这种注册可在一件单一申请中对所有商品给予保护. 因此,

2.device：dev; 仪器

The data logger device has been fitted to ship's engine room.

数字记录仪装置已安装在船只的机舱里。

The printer is the most commonly used output device after the monitor.

打印机是除显示器外最常用的输出设备。

It's just a tactical device to get over a split in their own Party.

这不过是他的想要克服党内分歧的一种策略。

Sending advertising by mail is very successful as a marketing device.

邮寄广告作为一种营销策略是非常成功的。

The technicians whom we met yesterday had worked out a new automatic device .

我们昨天碰到的那位技术员设计了一种新的自动化装置。

a water-saving device

节水装置

electrical labour-saving devices around the home

节省劳力的各种家用电器

A powerful device exploded outside the station.

一枚威力巨大的炸弹在车站外爆炸了。

the world's first atomic device

世界第一枚原子弹

Sending advertising by email is very successful as a marketing device.

作为一种营销手段，用电子邮件发送广告是非常成功的。

The report was a device used to hide rather than reveal problems.

这份报告不是揭露问题而是为掩盖问题而耍的花招。

Left to his own devices, Osborn is a fluent 'u2014 and often original 'u2014 guitarist.

任其自由发挥时，奥斯本是一个弹奏流畅、常常富有创意的吉他手。

...the literary device of the metaphor.

隐喻的文学手法

They claim that military spending is used as a device for managing the economy.

他们声称军费开支是用来作为调控经济的手段的。

...a device that could measure minute quantities of matter...

能够测量微量物质的设备

...an electronic device that protects your vehicle 24 hours a day.

24小时保护车辆的电子装置

My journey was made in the saddle.

我一路都是骑马.

The police suspect that the device is not a real bomb but a dummy.

警方怀疑那个装置不是真炸弹,只是一个假货.

The device will be in production by the end of the year.

该装置将于年底投入生产.

It is an electronic device with many uses.

这是一部具有多种用途的电子仪器.

This device is the offspring of his inventive mind.

这一装置是他那长于发明的头脑的产儿.

They have primed the explosive device.

他们已使爆炸装置准备起爆.

The government patented the device to its inventor.

政府给予发明者专利权.

The device acquires a high degree of dexterity.

这台仪器的灵敏度很高.

The portable device easily knocks down.

这种轻便装置容易拆卸.

I was persuaded of the usefulness of his new device.

我相信了他的新装置的实用性.

Her illness is merely a device to avoid seeing him.

她所谓生病只不过是避免见他的花招而已.

A computer is a device for handling of processing information.

电脑是一种资料处理装置.

We feel safe with a protective device in the house.

我们因为家里有了防护装置而感到安全.

The device will save much time and effort for us.

这种装置会使我们节省大量时间和气力.

Players use a haptic device such as a joystick to control the game.

游戏者用游戏杆之类的触觉设备玩游戏。

The device itself was right under the vehicle, almost in line with the gear lever.

该装置本身就在车子正下方，几乎与变速杆处于同一直线上。

1. A computer is a device for processing information.
   电脑是用来处理信息的。
2. By some devices or other he amassed a huge fortune.
   他利用种种手段积累了一大笔财富。
3. This is a device for avoiding income tax.
   这是一个逃避交纳所得税的诡计。
4. He has a device to put the police off the scent.
   他有一个引诱警察追错方向的诡计。

leave sb to one's own devices

听任某人自行其是 leave sb alone, without help

动词+～

• device">adopt〔employ〕 a device采用一种手段
• device">install a special device安装一种专门装置
• devices">try various devices想方设法
• device">work out a new device研制出新的装置

形容词+～

• device">base device卑劣手段
• device">clever device灵巧的装置
• device">listening〔nuclear〕 device监听〔核〕装置
• device">electronic device电子设备
• device">illicit〔legal〕 device非〔合〕法手段

名词+～

• devices">alarm〔protection, safety〕 devices警报〔保护,安全〕装置
• devices">semiconductor devices半导体元件

介词+～

• device%20of%20diplomacy">by a device of diplomacy通过外交的手段
• devices">all kinds of devices各种手段
• device">through legal device通过合法手段

～+介词

• device%20for">device for用于…的装置〔方法〕
• device%20for%20measuring%20temperature">device for measuring temperature测温装置

• Aggression is the device I have for surviving the pain of Roger's presence.

  出自：B. Trapido

• As for coincidences in bookssthere's something cheap and sentimental about the device.

  出自：J. Barnes

1. device有“被设计，想出来的东西”的意思。

   He devised something by which much time could be saved, but his device did not prove practical.
   他设计出一些能够节时的东西，但是这些设备被证明是不实际的。

2. leave him to his own devices是习惯用语，意思是听任他自行其是。要注意的是，这里用的是device的复数形式devices。

n.(名词)

device, artifice, scheme, trick

这组词都可表示“(欺骗的)手段,意图”。其区别是：

1.artifice可以指道德的,也可以指不道德的“手段”; 而其他三个词则多指不道德的“手段”。

2.artifice可指用来取胜的“谋略”,有巧妙的手段之含义; device多指为特定的目的而周密地想出来的策略、诡计等; trick指玩花招愚弄别人; scheme常指阴谋诡计、巧计或图谋私利的种种不切实际的幻想或打算。例如:

She will use any artifice to get her own way.她会想尽办法独行其是。

They saw through the artifice.他们看穿了这个鬼把戏。

By some device or other he amassed a huge fortune.他利用种种手段积累了一大笔财富。

The enemy's scheme went bankrupt.敌人的阴谋破产了。

Their scheme to cheat the government failed.他们欺骗政府的阴谋破产了。

apparatus，instrument，device，equipment，tool，implement，installation，appliance，facilities

这些名词均有“仪器、设备、器械、器具”之意。

apparatus既可指某种具体的由许多不同零件构成的复杂的仪器、装置或器械，又可指它们的总称。

instrument通常指能使人们完成某一精确动作或测量的一种小型仪器，尤指电工仪表、测量装置，航海或航空用的控制装置。

device多指为某一特殊用途或解决某一特定机械问题而设计或改装的精巧的仪器或装置。

equipment多指成套的或重型的设备或装备。通常用作不可数名词。

tool一般指进行特种工作的手工工具，也可指人造使用动力的工具，还可作引申用。

implement原指史前人类所用的工具，现在多指农用工具，也可指为实现某个任务所需的工具或器具。

installation一般多指安装完成，可供使用或操作的整套装置或设施。

appliance侧重指家用机器或设备，尤指家用电器。

facilities常用复数形式，指可供使用的设备或设施。

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的devis，意为分开，分离，气质，希望；最初源自古典拉丁语的divisus，意为划分。