device
device
noun
leave someone to their own devices
noun
- a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electronic contrivance
（尤指机械或电子）装置
a measuring device.
测量装置。
■an explosive contrivance; a bomb
爆炸装置；炸弹
an incendiary device.
燃烧弹。
■[mass noun](archaic)the design or look of something
(古)（某物的）样式；外表
works of strange device.
样式古怪的作品。 - a plan, scheme, or trick with a particular aim
（有特定目的的）计划，阴谋；诡计
writing a public letter is a traditional device for signalling dissent.
写公开信是一种传统的表示异议的手段。
■a turn of phrase intended to produce a particular effect in speech or a literary work
（在言语或文学作品中产生特定效果的）修辞手法（或技巧）
a rhetorical device.
修辞手法。 - a drawing or design
图画；设计
the decorative device on the invitations.
请贴上的装帧设计。
■an emblematic or heraldic design
标记性图案；纹章图案
their shields bear the device of the Blazing Sun.
他们的盾形徽章上有炽阳的图案。
leave someone to their own devices
- leave someone to do as they wish without supervision
让…自行其是，听任…自行决定
- Middle English: from Old French devis, based on Latin divis-divided, from the verb dividere. The original sense was 'desire or intention', found now only in leave a person to his or her own devices (which has become associated with sense 2)
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