apparatus

UK/.æpә'reitәs/US

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Definitions

Equipment or tools designed for a specific purpose

装置；器械；设备

A complex organization or system, especially of a state or party

（国家、政党的）机构，体系

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

ap-to, toward

parprepare; equal; bring forth / appear

-atusto make, having

=apparatus

ap- (ad-, to) + parāre (make ready) = "things made ready" — equipment prepared for a task. From physical gear it extended to abstract machinery: the state apparatus, the party apparatus.

Root par still carries 36 more words

Common Collocations

1.scientific apparatus科学仪器
2.breathing apparatus呼吸器
3.state apparatus国家机器
4.security apparatus安全机构

Example Sentences

1.
The lab is full of expensive scientific apparatus.
2.
The whole state apparatus was mobilized for the crisis.

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