instrument

• n. 楽器；道具；楽器；手段；器具

in-、into、make、-stru、build、construct、語源的にはstructure、destructと同じ。 tool、instrument、apparatusなどに由来する。楽器や法的文書を指す場合にも使われる。

instrument

instrument: [13] Instrument comes from the same source as instruct: the Latin verb instruere ‘build, prepare, equip, teach’. From it was derived the noun instrūmentum, which meant ‘tool, equipment’. When introduced into English via Old French at the end of the 13th century it was used for a ‘musical instrument’, but the more general ‘implement’ and the metaphorical ‘means’ soon followed in the 14th century.
=> construct, destroy, instruct, structure

instrument (n.)

late 13c., "musical instrument," from Old French instrument "means, device; musical instrument" (14c., earlier estrument, 13c.) and directly from Latin instrumentem "a tool, apparatus, furniture, dress, document," from instruere "arrange, furnish" (see instruct). Meaning "tool, implement, utensil" is early 14c. in English; meaning "written document by which formal expression is given to a legal act" is from early 15c.

1. An instrument called a trocar makes a puncture in the abdominal wall.

スリーブ針と呼ばれる工具が腹壁に穴を開けた。

2.The veto has been a traditional instrument of diplomacy for centuries.

数世紀にわたり拒否権は外交的に慣用されてきた手段である。

3.There is an internal circuit breaker to protect the instrument from overload.

には遮断器が内蔵されており、装置の過負荷を防止しています。

4.The despot claimed to be the chosen instrument of divine providence.

専制者は、自分が天によって選択された統治ツールだと主張している。

5.There are twin holes on each side of the instrument .

このツールの両側にはそれぞれ1対の穴がある。