adjective [原级] 有帮助的，起作用的；用乐器演奏的；与乐器有关的；与（事物）的工具效用有关的；与仪器或测量器具有关的；（语法）工具格的
In his first years as chairman he was instrumental in raising the company's wider profile. 在刚担任董事长的头几年，他在提升公司形象方面发挥了作用。
noun [专属名词] 器乐曲（通常指非古典音乐）；工具格名词，工具格
After a couple of brief instrumentals, he puts his guitar down. 演奏了几首简短的器乐曲之后，他放下了吉他。
来自instrument(n. 手段； 工具)
adj. 乐器的；有帮助的；仪器的，器械的
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- ...a CD of vocal and instrumental music. …一张声乐和器乐光盘。
- Instrumental ties are social links formed when we cooperate with other people to achieve some goal. 工具性联系是我们为了实现某种目标而与他人合作时形成的社会联系。
- Instrumental ties predominate in secondary groups; we perceive people as means to ends rather than as ends in their own right. 工具性关系在次级群体中占主导地位；我们把人当作达成目的的手段，而不是目的本身。