tool

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ldoce_338_htool1 /tuːl/ S2 W2 noun [countableC]

TZsomething that you hold in your hand and use to do a particular job 工具

I don’t have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine.

我沒有合適的工具來擺弄發動機。

a shop selling garden tools

出售園藝工具的商店

→5 See picture of screwdrivers 螺絲刀, hammer 錘子, jigsaw 線鋸 ... →4 See picture of 見圖 tool

2 HELPa piece of equipment or a skill that is useful for doing your job 工具〔指職業上有用的器具或技能〕

Television is an important tool for the modern teacher.

電視是現代教師重要的工具。

These books are the tools of my trade (=the things I need to do my job).

這些書是我工作中的必備工具。

3 USE A PERSONsomeone who is used unfairly by another person and who has to do things they do not really want to do – used to show disapproval 〔被人利用的〕工具〔含貶義〕

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The king was merely a tool of the military government.

國王只是軍政府的工具。

4. informal not politeHBH a man’s penis (=sex organ) 陰莖，雞巴

→ down tools at down2(3)

Examples from the Corpus

tool• The king was merely a tool of the military regime.• a tool for cutting metal• The Internet has been an effective tool for advertising.• All my gardening tools had been stolen from the shed.• A good tool kit should contain pliers, screwdrivers, and wire-cutters.• He took a spanner from his tool box and tightened up the bolts on the gate.• These plans were an invaluable tool which increased the accuracy and the efficiency of the project.• At first, options were distrusted by many as risky, esoteric investment tools.• Interest rates are one of the Finance Minister's main tools of economic policy.• Using the computer environment as our tool we can process and reshape all kinds of information swiftly and perfectly.• Pictures of fleeing refugees were used as an effective propaganda tool against the Communists.• He couldn't finish repairing the engine because he didn't have the right tools.• a carpenter's tools• The elements of a nutrition program plan provide the manager with the tools to anticipate results and conduct ongoing evaluation.• Dance and aerobics classes are a useful tool for encouraging girls back to school P.E. lessons.• Inspection sites are dirty and may be cluttered with tools, materials, or debris.

tool of• Many see the senator as a tool of the auto industry.

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