1ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ]有助益的;有帮助的;起作用的 Someone or something that is instrumental in a process or event helps to make it happen. 有助益的;有帮助的;起作用的
In his first years as chairman he was instrumental in raising the company's wider profile. [+ in]
他任董事长的最初几年为提升公司的知名度起到了积极的推动作用。
Jesse Jackson was instrumental in the release of some of the hostages.
1important in making sth happen有重要作用VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, prove有作用;證明有作用▸➤become開始起作用ADVERB➤highly, very特別/非常有作用▸➤essentially, largely起基本作用;起很大作用▸➤merely僅僅起輔助作用的▸➤purely純粹輔助性的PREPOSITION➤in在⋯方面起作用◇They were highly instrumental in bringing the business to Newtown.在把業務引入紐敦過程中他們發揮了重大作用。instrumental
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2made by or for musical instruments樂器VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be是器樂演奏的ADVERB➤largely, mostly大部份是器樂;以器樂為主◇The songs are largely instrumental.這些歌曲以器樂為主。➤entirely, purely完全是/純粹是器樂◇The album was entirely instrumental.這張專輯全部都是器樂作品。◇He's created a purely instrumental score.他已經編寫出一首純器樂的樂譜。