tools
n. 工具( tool的名词复数 ); (有助于做工或完成某事的)用具; 受人利用的人
A tool is any instrument or simple piece of equipment that you hold in your hands and use to do a particular kind of work. For example, spades, hammers, and knives are all tools.
I find the best tool for the purpose is a pair of shears.
我发现做这件事最得力的工具是一把大剪刀。
You can refer to anything that you use for a particular purpose as a particular type of tool .
Writing is a good tool for discharging overwhelming feelings…
写作是宣泄强烈感情的好方法。
The video has become an invaluable teaching tool...
录像已经成为非常有用的教学手段。
If you describe someone as a tool of a particular person, group, or system, you mean that they are controlled and used by that person, group, or system, especially to do unpleasant or dishonest things.
He became the tool of the security services.
他成了安全部门的工具。
If you say that workers down tools, you mean that they stop working suddenly in order to strike or to make a protest of some kind.
The tools of your trade or the tools of the trade are the skills, instruments, and other equipment that you need in order to do your job properly.
They're here to learn the tools of their trade from their American colleagues...
他们来这里向美国同事学习行业技术和技能。
Black-leather jackets and tattoos are the standard tools of the trade for heavy-metal musicians.
黑皮夹克与纹身是重金属乐手的标准行头。
Make a checklist of the tools and materials you will need.
把你需要的工具和材料开一张单子。
In industry, diamond can form a tough, non-corrosive coating for tools.
在工业上,金刚石可以用作工具表面坚固、耐腐蚀的覆盖层。
You can buy all these tools at a do-it-yourself store.
你可以在自己动手做商店里买到所有这些工具。
The local people bartered wheat for tools.
当地人用小麦换取工具。
The carpenter flung aside his tools in a rage.
木匠愤怒地扔下工具.