1.器械;器具
Aninstrument is a tool or device that is used to do a particular task, especially a scientific task.
e.g. ...a thin tube-like opticalinstrument.
试管状的细长光学仪器
e.g. ...instruments for cleaning and polishing teeth...
清洗和抛光牙齿的器械
2.乐器
A musicalinstrument is an object such as a piano, guitar, or flute, which you play in order to produce music.
instrument的翻译
e.g. Learning a musicalinstrument introduces a child to an understanding of music.
学一门乐器能引导孩子了解音乐。
3.仪器;仪表
Aninstrument is a device that is used for making measurements of something such as speed, height, or sound, for example on a ship or plane or in a car.
e.g. ...crucial instruments on the control panel.
控制面板上的重要仪表
e.g. ...navigation instruments.
导航仪器
4.工具;手段;被他人利用的人
Something that is aninstrument for achieving a particular aim is used by people to achieve that aim.
e.g. The veto has been a traditionalinstrument of diplomacy for centuries.
几个世纪以来否决权一直是外交上惯用的手段。
5. see also: stringed instrument;wind instrument