单词 | apparatus |
释义 | apparatus (æpəreɪtəs , -ræt- ) Word forms: apparatuses 1. variable noun The apparatus of an organization or system is its structure and method of operation. For many years, the country had been buried under the apparatus of the regime. ...a massive bureaucratic apparatus. Synonyms: organization, system, network, structure 2. variable noun Apparatus is the equipment, such as tools and machines, which is used to do a particular job or activity. One of the boys had to be rescued by firefighters wearing breathing apparatus. Collocations: bureaucratic apparatus If this is not the case, then the bureaucratic apparatus triumphs again, and the political leaders and reformers lose. Inside Perestroika: The Future of the Soviet Economy (1990) A socialist government could no more do without a bureaucratic apparatus than could a capitalist one. Politics, Planning and the State (1990) Almost the entire bureaucratic apparatus was restructured to give ministers and cabinet firm control. Politics, Planning and the State (1990) Real progress, he felt, could only be made by lobbying for laws to be changed and re-made so that the whole legal apparatus was made for the benefit of consumers. Times, Sunday Times From 1990 to 1996 the legal apparatus of apartheid was abolished. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Let society's legal apparatus remove all obstacles the best it can. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On the contrary, the blame for the island's economic mismanagement and dismal human rights record lies squarely with its ruling ideology and state apparatus. Times, Sunday Times And then the prospect of the full state apparatus extending deep into private life excites another objection. Times,Sunday Times Such groupings have indunas all over the state apparatus to ensure their policies are kept intact. ST But do we really expect those afflicted by the mistakes of the state apparatus simply to shrug and smile it off as just one of life's unfortunate things? Times, Sunday Times It was grimly impressive to witness the state apparatus at work. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 机构 Japanese: 器具 |
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