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instrumental

adjective
 
🔊/ˌɪnstrəˈmentl/
🔊/ˌɪnstrəˈmentl/
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  1.  
    important in making something happen起重要作用
    • The Conservation Trust performs an instrumental role in the protection of rural environments.保护基金会在保护农村环境方面发挥了重要作用。
    • instrumental in (doing) something He was instrumental in bringing about an end to the conflict.他在终止冲突的过程中起了重要作用。🔊🔊
    • They were highly instrumental in bringing the business to Newtown.在把业务引入纽敦过程中他们发挥了重大作用。
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    adverb
    • highly
    • very
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    • …
    preposition
    • in
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  2.  
    made by or for musical instruments用乐器演奏的；为乐器谱写的
    • instrumental music器乐曲
    • The songs are largely instrumental.这些歌曲以器乐为主。
    Topics Musicc1
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    adverb
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  3. (grammar语法) (in some languages用于某些语言) in the form that a noun, pronoun or adjective has when it refers to a thing that is used to do something工具格；工具词
    • the instrumental case工具格
    compare ablative, accusative, dative, genitive, nominative, vocative
    4. Word Originlate Middle English: via French from medieval Latin instrumentalis, from Latin instrumentum, from the verb instruere, from in- ‘upon, towards’ + struere ‘pile up’.

instrumental

noun
🔊/ˌɪnstrəˈmentl/
🔊/ˌɪnstrəˈmentl/
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  1. a piece of music (usually popular music) in which only musical instruments are used with no singing器乐曲Topics Musicc2
  2. (grammar语法) (in some languages用于某些语言) the form of a noun, pronoun or adjective when it refers to a thing that is used to do something工具格；工具词 compare ablative, accusative, dative, genitive, nominative, vocative
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: via French from medieval Latin instrumentalis, from Latin instrumentum, from the verb instruere, from in- ‘upon, towards’ + struere ‘pile up’.