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单词 instrumental
释义
instrumental
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.strəˈmen.təl/us
/ˌɪn.strəˈmen.t̬əl/

instrumentaladjective(INFLUENCE)

[after verb]formal
If someone or something is instrumental in aprocess,plan, orsystem, thatpersonor thing is one of the mostimportantinfluencesincausingit tohappen:
起作用的；有帮助的
She was instrumentalinbringingabout theprisonreformact.监狱改革条例得以出台多亏她大力促成。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Affecting and influencing
  • across-the-board
  • affect
  • applicability
  • be/fall undersomeone'sinfluence/spellidiom
  • bear
  • bear onsomething
  • carry
  • colour
  • inspiration
  • interinfluence
  • involve
  • jerk
  • keepsomeoneon the railsidiom
  • pen
  • shape
  • spill over
  • start(something)off
  • tastemaker
  • tell againstsomeone/something
  • thought leadership
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instrumentaladjective(MUSIC)

involvingonlymusicalinstruments, and nosinging:
用乐器演奏的，器乐的
instrumentalmusic器乐
an instrumentalpiece/arrangement器乐曲／器乐编曲
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Types of music
  • ambient music
  • anthemic
  • atonal
  • baroque
  • beatbox
  • easy listening
  • EDM
  • electro
  • electronica
  • electropop
  • non-classical
  • non-country
  • non-tonal
  • opera
  • orchestral
  • trip-hop
  • twelve-bar blues
  • unaccompanied
  • upbeat
  • Wagnerian
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instrumental
noun[C]
uk
/ˌɪn.strəˈmen.təl/us
/ˌɪn.strəˈmen.t̬əl/
apieceofmusicwithoutsinging
器乐曲
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Types of music
  • ambient music
  • anthemic
  • atonal
  • baroque
  • beatbox
  • easy listening
  • EDM
  • electro
  • electronica
  • electropop
  • non-classical
  • non-country
  • non-tonal
  • opera
  • orchestral
  • trip-hop
  • twelve-bar blues
  • unaccompanied
  • upbeat
  • Wagnerian
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(Definition ofinstrumentalfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

instrumental| American Dictionary

instrumental
adjective
us
/ˌɪn·strəˈmen·təl/

instrumentaladjective(MUSIC)

[not gradable]
performedwithmusicalinstrumentsonly and notvoices

instrumentaladjective(TOOL)

importantincausingsomething tohappen:
Assecretaryofstate, he was instrumental in thecreationofNATO.
(Definition ofinstrumentalfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinstrumental

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Also, no synthesizer to date comes close to rendering a piece ofinstrumentalmusic with the 'feeling' of an accomplished musician.
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All aspects ofinstrumentaldesign are included in this segment, with sensor technology and microphone technology incorporated as well.
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He develops a particular account of the motivation of theinstrumentalrule-follower, the constraint model.
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The conditions that could justify such a change ought to be more extreme than those that would justify such a change under theinstrumentalview.
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Under the first type of justification-theinstrumentaljustification-the state is the appropriate agent to inflict criminal sanctions simply because it is deliberative and impartial.
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Instead, friendships seem inescapablyinstrumentalin character-and thus not friendship at all in the fullest sense.
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Instrumentalcase is expressed by the suffix -te.
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Moreinstrumentalhelp was received by parents from their children than vice versa.
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Everything which comes into being has four generating causes: an e$cient, aninstrumental, a material and a final cause, etc.
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In other words, the village based cooperative becameinstrumentalto the intrusion of the state in the everyday life of the villagers.
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How can we adequately test the reciprocity hypothesis with just a restricted set of measures ofinstrumentalbehaviour ?
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The receiving and giving items are currentinstrumentalbehaviours in the extended family involving money, time, companion help and advice.
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Furthermore, the analysis lacked the data required to disentangle the two effects by using, for instance,instrumentalvariable estimation techniques.
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At the same time, the participants also described the joy of learning new 'instrumental' knowledge and skills.
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Instrumentalrationality is assessed at the organismic level, not at the subpersonal level.
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