instrumentalize

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make into an instrument for achieving a goal. transitive
    — […] they also instrumentalize race to reinstate nostalgic, vanguard notions of political activism […]
  2. To transcribe for instrumental execution a piece of music written for the human voice transitive

词形变化

instrumentalizes present,singular,third-person instrumentalizing participle,present instrumentalized participle,past instrumentalized past instrumentalise alternative

词汇关系

反义词
deinstrumentalize
衍生词
instrumentalizer
相关词
instrumentalization

词源

Etymology tree
English instrumental
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English instrumentalize
From instrumental + -ize.
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