apparatus
noun
uk/ˌæp.əˈreɪ.təs/us/ˌæp.əˈræt̬.əs/pluralapparatusesapparatusnoun(EQUIPMENT)
[UorC]
a set ofequipmentortoolsor amachinethat is used for aparticularpurpose:
设备;仪器;装置;用具apieceofapparatus一台仪器
Thediverscheckedtheirbreathingapparatus.潜水员们检查了一下呼吸器。
Things needed for a task
- accoutrements
- armoury
- could usesomethingidiom
- equipment
- gadgetry
- gear
- kit
- material
- matériel
- necessaries
- paraphernalia
- stock-in-trade
- tackle
- thing
- tool
- use
apparatusnoun(ORGANIZATION)
[Cusually singular]
anorganizationorsystem,especiallyapoliticalone:
(尤指政治)机构,组织,机制Thewholeapparatus ofcommunismwas alreadyfallingapart.整个共产主义制度已经土崩瓦解。
Systems of government
- a reign of terroridiom
- absolutism
- ancien régime
- anti-apartheid
- anti-communism
- anti-federalist
- democratization
- democratize
- despotic
- despotically
- despotism
- martial law
- matriarchal
- matriarchy
- meritocracy
- meritocratic
- pre-fascist
- regime
- reign
- republican