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機器;機械
A machine is a piece of equipment which uses electricity or an engine in order to do a particular kind of work.
例句
I put the coin in the machine and pulled the lever...
我把硬幣投入機器，拉動控制桿。
The machine can be remotely operated and monitored.
這臺機器可以遠程操作和監控。
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用機器制造;用機器加工
If you machine something, you make it or work on it using a machine.
例句
The material is machined in a factory...
這種材料在一家工廠里用機器加工成型。
All parts are machined from top grade, high tensile aluminium.
所有零件都是用頂級高強度鋁加工而成。
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大型機構;嚴密組織
You can use machine to refer to a large and well-controlled system or organization.
例句
...Nazi Germany's military machine...
納粹德國的軍事機構
He has put the party publicity machine behind another candidate.
他為另一位參選者在幕后組織政黨宣傳。
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（由于工作過于勞累或乏味）機械般工作的人，做工作不動腦筋的人
If you say that someone is a machine, you mean that they are so tired or bored that they do their work without thinking.
例句
I think I have got to stop or I might turn into a machine...
我想我得停下來了，否則我就會變成一臺機器。
He has dedicated himself to his work and become just a writing machine.
他忘我地投入工作，就像是一臺寫作機器。