单词 | implement |
释义 | im·ple·ment (ĭmplə-mənt) n. 1. A tool, utensil, or other piece of equipment used in doing work: a gardening implement. 2. An article used to outfit or equip someone: ecclesiastical implements. 3. A means of achieving an end; an instrument or agent. tr.v. (-mĕnt′) im·ple·ment·ed, im·ple·ment·ing, im·ple·ments 1. To put into practical effect; carry out: implement the new procedures. 2. To supply with implements. [Middle English, supplementary payment, from Old French emplement, act of filling, from Late Latin implēmentum, from Latin implēre, to fill up : in-, intensive pref.; see IN-2 + plēre, to fill; see pelə-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] im′ple·men·tation (-mən-tāshən, -mĕn-) n. imple·ment′er, imple·men′tor n. |
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