1. 手段，方法
2. 诡计；策略；谋略；花招；计划
3. 装置；设备；器具；器械
4. 纹章；图案；图样；花样
5. 设计
6. 意志；欲望
7. 标记
8. 商标

1. [C]装置,设备,器具 a piece of equipment intended for a particular purpose
2. [C]手段,策略 a plan, especially for a rather dishonest

1. an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose;

   "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"
   "a device intended to conserve water"
   

2. something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect

3. any clever maneuver;

   "he would stoop to any device to win a point"
   "it was a great sales gimmick"
   "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen"
   

4. any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)

5. an emblematic design (especially in heraldry);

   "he was recognized by the device on his shield"
   

1.装置;设备;器具;仪器
Adevice is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.

e.g. ...an electronicdevice that protects your vehicle 24 hours a day.
24小时保护车辆的电子装置
e.g. ...adevice that could measure minute quantities of matter...
能够测量微量物质的设备

2.手段;策略;方法;技巧
Adevice is a method of achieving something.

e.g. They claim that military spending is used as adevice for managing the economy.
他们声称军费开支是用来作为调控经济的手段的。
e.g. ...the literarydevice of the metaphor.
隐喻的文学手法

3.听任…自便;让…自行发展;不去管
If youleave someoneto theirown devices, you leave them alone to do as they wish.

e.g. Left to his owndevices, Osborn is a fluent — and often original — guitarist.
任其自由发挥时，奥斯本是一个弹奏流畅、常常富有创意的吉他手。

1. 图案：新的标识(logo)、图案(device)或图形商标(graphic trade mark)均可受到共同体外观设计的保护. 将商标当成外观设计注册将提供一种无需证明复制或混淆即可行使权利的专有权. 这种注册可在一件单一申请中对所有商品给予保护. 因此,

2.device：dev; 仪器

1. A computer is a device for processing information.
   电脑是用来处理信息的。
2. By some devices or other he amassed a huge fortune.
   他利用种种手段积累了一大笔财富。
3. This is a device for avoiding income tax.
   这是一个逃避交纳所得税的诡计。
4. He has a device to put the police off the scent.
   他有一个引诱警察追错方向的诡计。

leave sb to one's own devices

听任某人自行其是 leave sb alone, without help

• Aggression is the device I have for surviving the pain of Roger's presence.

  出自：B. Trapido

• As for coincidences in bookssthere's something cheap and sentimental about the device.

  出自：J. Barnes

1. device有“被设计，想出来的东西”的意思。

   He devised something by which much time could be saved, but his device did not prove practical.
   他设计出一些能够节时的东西，但是这些设备被证明是不实际的。

2. leave him to his own devices是习惯用语，意思是听任他自行其是。要注意的是，这里用的是device的复数形式devices。

device, artifice, scheme, trick

这组词都可表示“(欺骗的)手段,意图”。其区别是：

1.artifice可以指道德的,也可以指不道德的“手段”; 而其他三个词则多指不道德的“手段”。

2.artifice可指用来取胜的“谋略”,有巧妙的手段之含义; device多指为特定的目的而周密地想出来的策略、诡计等; trick指玩花招愚弄别人; scheme常指阴谋诡计、巧计或图谋私利的种种不切实际的幻想或打算。例如:

She will use any artifice to get her own way.她会想尽办法独行其是。

They saw through the artifice.他们看穿了这个鬼把戏。

By some device or other he amassed a huge fortune.他利用种种手段积累了一大笔财富。

The enemy's scheme went bankrupt.敌人的阴谋破产了。

Their scheme to cheat the government failed.他们欺骗政府的阴谋破产了。

apparatus，instrument，device，equipment，tool，implement，installation，appliance，facilities

这些名词均有“仪器、设备、器械、器具”之意。

apparatus既可指某种具体的由许多不同零件构成的复杂的仪器、装置或器械，又可指它们的总称。

instrument通常指能使人们完成某一精确动作或测量的一种小型仪器，尤指电工仪表、测量装置，航海或航空用的控制装置。

device多指为某一特殊用途或解决某一特定机械问题而设计或改装的精巧的仪器或装置。

equipment多指成套的或重型的设备或装备。通常用作不可数名词。

tool一般指进行特种工作的手工工具，也可指人造使用动力的工具，还可作引申用。

implement原指史前人类所用的工具，现在多指农用工具，也可指为实现某个任务所需的工具或器具。

installation一般多指安装完成，可供使用或操作的整套装置或设施。

appliance侧重指家用机器或设备，尤指家用电器。

facilities常用复数形式，指可供使用的设备或设施。

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的devis，意为分开，分离，气质，希望；最初源自古典拉丁语的divisus，意为划分。