instrumentality
n. 手段; 工具
1. a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose;
2. the quality of being instrumental for some purpose
3. an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end
Without the instrumentality of a free press liberty could not be preserved.
如果不能有效地利用新闻自由,就无法维护自由.
Through the instrumentality of the police he was able to locate his relatives.
靠警察帮忙,他找到了他的亲属.
One that serves as a means; an instrumentality.
为了特定的目的而发明的工具.
It has the considerable characters of technology and instrumentality besides common characters of works.
除具有作品的一般特征之外,软件还具有高度的技术性、工具性等特征.
Plasma technology is an abnormal instrumentality for chemical engineering and brings new vital force.
等离子体技术以其非常规的手段运用到化工中,给整个化工带来了新的生机.