每当学生问及 equipment 与 apparatus 的区别时,我总是说不大清楚。
apparatus是指用于某种专门用途的一套装置、器械、仪表。除用作集合名词外,还可指具体的装置、器械和仪表。chemical apparatus(化学器械),fire apparatus(消防器械),medical apparatus(医疗器械),heating apparatus(加热装置),photographic apparatus(照相设备)。
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The television men set up their apparatus ready to film. (LED) 电视摄制人员安装好拍摄器械, 准备拍摄。
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With experience, and with improved apparatus, it is now possible not only to locate a shoal but to tell if it is herring, cod or other well-known fish, by the pattern of its echo. (NCE,4,
L.9)由于有了经验和改进的设备,现在我们不仅可测定鱼群的位置而且可以根据鱼群回声的类型来区分出鲱鱼、鳕鱼或其他已知的鱼。
equipment 是个集合名词,是不可数的,故无复数形式。它的概念外延要广得多,常指完成某项任务(研究、工作、战争等)所需要的全套设备。如 army equipment(军队装备),the equipment of the laboratory(实验室设备),the equipment of the new hospital(新医院的设备),industry equipment(工业设备)。
请做下面的英语试题:
"Will Harry be able to begin soon?" "Yes, he has all ____ he needs now."
A. the equipment B. the equipments C. equipments D. of equipment (Michigan)