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instrumentality 音标拼音: [ ,ɪnstrəmɛnt'ælɪti] n. 帮助,媒介,手段 帮助,媒介,手段 instrumentality n 1: a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose; " are the judicial instrumentalities of local governments adequate?"; " he studied the French instrumentalities for law enforcement" 2: the quality of being instrumental for some purpose 3: an artifact ( or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end [ synonym: { instrumentality}, { instrumentation}] Instrumentality \ In` stru* men* tal" i* ty\, n.; pl. { Instrumentalities}. The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency. [ 1913 Webster] The instrumentality of faith in justification. -- Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster] The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of attack and defense in a new instrumentality. -- J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster] 24 Moby Thesaurus words for " instrumentality": agency, agent, channel, device, energy, expedient, force, going between, instrument, instrumentation, intermediation, machinery, mean, mechanism, mediation, medium, might, ministry, organ, power, recourse, resort, service, vehicle
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