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(often in compounds 常构成复合词 a piece of equipment with many parts that work together to do a particular task. The power used to work a machine may be electricity, steam, gas, etc. or human power. 机器；机械装置 Machines have replaced human labour in many industries. 在许多行业中，机器已经替代了人力。 to operate/run a machine 操作机器 How does this machine work? 这部机器是如何工作的？ a washing/sewing machine 洗衣机；缝纫机 a machine for making plastic toys 生产塑料玩具的机器 They have installed a new coffee machine in the staff room. 他们在员工室安装了一台新的咖啡机。 to invent/design a machine 发明/设计一台机器 In the factory he oversees 14 teams of machine operators. 在工厂里，他监管着14组机器操作员。 - by machine
The potatoes are planted by machine. 这些土豆是用机器种植的。
Extra ExamplesTopics Engineeringa1The machine runs on solar power. 这台机器靠太阳能工作。 What make of machine are they using? 他们用的是什么牌子的机器？ The machine is designed to fit under a counter. 这台机器是为安装在台面下而设计的。 Treadmills and other exercise machines help residents to keep fit. 跑步机和其他健身器帮助居民保持健康。 Machine parts may need to be replaced. 机器零件可能需要更换。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- giant
- great
- huge
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- operate
- run
- use
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- go
- work
- break down
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- operator
- parts
- tool
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- by machine
- in a/the machine
- on a/the machine
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- a make of machine
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a computer 电脑 The new machines will be shipped next month. 新计算机下个月推向市场。 We build machines that process data. 我们制造处理数据的机器。 All machines are connected online to reach specialists in Germany. 所有机器都在线连接，以便联系到德国的专家。
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a particular machine, for example in the home, when you do not refer to it by its full name （不提全称时的简略说法）机器 an organized system for achieving something and the people who control it （用机器）制造，加工成型 the president’s propaganda machine 总统的宣传团队 He played the Republican political machine to get himself into power. 他利用共和党的政治机器来获得权力。 These years saw a massive growth in the US military machine. 这些年来，美国军事机器有了巨大的发展。 Hollywood’s slick public relations machine has produced a new improved model of a young movie star. 好莱坞圆滑的公共关系机器产生了一个年轻电影明星的新的改良模型。
Extra ExamplesThe independent candidates did not have the support of a party machine. 独立候选人没有政党组织的支持。 Tired of being a tiny cog in a vast machine, he handed in his resignation. 他厌倦了当大机器上不起眼的小螺丝，于是提交了辞呈。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- party
- political
- marketing
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- politician
- politics
- a cog in the machine
- a well-oiled machine
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a person who acts without thinking and without allowing their feelings to show or to affect their work 机械化的人（做事呆板、感情不外露） In this movie he plays a lean, mean killing machine. 在这部电影中，他扮演了一个精瘦、卑鄙的杀人机器。 He was the perfect fighting machine with a total disregard for his own personal safety. 他是完美的战斗机器，完全不顾自己的人身安全。 This guy is as good as it gets ﹘﹘he's a machine on assignment! 这家伙真厉害，给﹘﹘he's派了台机器！
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally denoting a structure): from French, via Latin from Doric Greek makhana (Greek mēkhanē, from mēkhos ‘contrivance’).
Idioms
a cog in the machine/wheel
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a person who is a small part of a large organization （大机构中的）小职员，小成员