词汇 | instrumentality |
释义 | instrumentality noun formaluk /ˌɪn.strə.menˈtæl.ə.ti/ us /ˌɪn.strə.menˈtæl.ə.t̬i/ instrumentalitynoun (ORGANIZATION)[ C ]mainly US an organization that works for a government: These instrumentalities are supervised by the US government. The Financial Conduct Authority is the main instrumentality for enforcing these regulations. This investment is not guaranteed by the US government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities. They signed a contract with an instrumentality of the Czech government. UK politics: government departments & organizations admiralty agency bureau chancellorship cobra drive-by FDA Foreign and Commonwealth Office HMRC HMSO lobby MI6 ministry mod monolith NGO secretariat the Foreign Office the taxman the Treasury instrumentalitynoun (INFLUENCE)[ U ] the fact of being one of the most important influences in causing something to happen: They were only able to achieve what they did through the instrumentality of others. The report stressed the instrumentality of the parents in the rescue. Affecting and influencing across-the-board affect applicability be/fall under someone's influence/spellidiom bear on something carry colour ear inroad inspiration instrumental instrumentally interinfluence pen rail spill spill over sportswashing start (something) off talismanic Related wordinstrumental Examples of instrumentalityinstrumentality This probably reflects aspects of 'instrumentality' discussed here. But beyond modern technologies, music is constantly confronting the real and constantly revealing new virtualities in its very instrumentality. Others assess 'support' in the global sense, and yet others focus on one particular aspect, most usually esteem or instrumentality. A government instrumentality of this kind could supplement its inflow by issuing bonds to the general public. First, because of inadequate public resource allocation, the relationship between practitioners and older clients is dominated by time pressure and instrumentality. Retirement challenges the traditional masculine role, for men relinquish their instrumentality in the world of work that has been a primary source of their potency. Again, the professional preoccupation with the instrumentality of how to teach who in which national setting comes into play. It could not solve the problem of the exiles' instrumentality and reduced the horizon of their activities. Further, political instrumentality and the realization of the nation state were subordinated to this new ethical self. Nuclear physics, once it had provided the hardware, remained in high demand perhaps beyond its actual instrumentality. Archaeologists are limited by the intrinsic contradictions of similar macro-collective experiences, but a multiplicity of individual viewpoints, personalities, epistemologies, instrumentalities and goals. For patronesses, there was an obvious instrumentality to conspicuous acts of 'cultural philanthropy' in support of handicraft revival. It emphasised human will, preparing the way for the modern understanding of undiluted human instrumentality in the world. In contrast, some degree of instrumentality in market relations is fundamental to the workings of the market system. Only occasionally do ageassociated physical changes lessen the male ability to maintain instrumentality. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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