equipment

equipment
noun
  1. [mass noun]the necessary items for a particular purpose
    设备;器具;用具
    suppliers of office equipment.
    办公设备供应商。
    ■the process of supplying someone or something with such necessary items
    配备;装备
    the construction and equipment of new harbour facilities.
    新港口设施的建设和配备。
    ■mental resources
    智力;才能;知识;素养
    they lacked the intellectual equipment to recognize the jokes.
    他们缺乏理解这些笑话的智慧。
语源
  1. early 18th cent.: from French équipement, from équiper 'equip'
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