四级The ability to draw upon every available tool and insight—picked up from science, arts, and technology—to solve the problems of the future, and take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves, will be helpful to them and the United States

利用从科学、艺术和技术中获得的每一种可用工具和洞察力来解决未来问题的能力，以及利用当前机会的能力，将有助于他们和美国

2014年6月阅读原文

六级The aim is to ensure that employees have an explicit tool to help them understand their own abilities and aspirations, determine career possibilities, and set (usually short-ter goals.

其目的是确保员工拥有明确的工具，帮助他们了解自己的能力和抱负，确定职业可能性，并设定（通常是短期）目标。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级Perhaps with the tools of this new technological revolution, we will be able to undo some of the damage done to the natural world by the last one—industrialization.

也许有了这场新技术革命的工具，我们将能够消除上一次工业化对自然世界造成的一些破坏。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

四级They may be ancient "beer-making tools", and the earliest direct evidence of beer brewing in China, the researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

研究人员在《国家科学院院刊》上报道说，它们可能是古老的“啤酒制造工具”，也是中国啤酒酿造的最早直接证据。

2017年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

考研The charter’s main tool of enforcement is to deny access for designers and modeling agencies to Copenhagen Fashion Week ( ' , CFW), which is run by the Danish Fashion Institute.

该章程的主要执行工具是拒绝设计师和模特机构参加哥本哈根时装周（CFW），该时装周由丹麦时装研究所主办。

2016年考研阅读原文

考研The charter's main tool of enforcement is to deny access for designers and modeling agencies to Copenhagen Fashion Week, which is run by the Danish Fashion Institute.

该宪章的主要执行工具是拒绝设计师和模特机构参加哥本哈根时装周，该时装周由丹麦时装研究所举办。

2016年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Engineers, scientists and agriculturalists have the knowledge, tools and systems that will assist in achieving productivity increases.

工程师、科学家和农学家拥有有助于提高生产率的知识、工具和系统。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级They acquire an explicit tool to help obtain jobs

他们获得了一个明确的工具来帮助获得工作

2013年12月阅读原文

六级Demography gives you the tools to understand and to address these problems.

人口统计学为你提供了理解和解决这些问题的工具。

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级You might have thought any tool which enables a writer to get words on to the page would be an advantage

您可能会认为，任何能够让作者将文字放到页面上的工具都是一种优势

2013年12月阅读原文

四级But the most cutting-edge tool under development is the "teachable agent" —a computerized character who learns, tries, makes mistakes and asks questions just like a real-world pupil.

但目前正在开发的最尖端的工具是“可教代理”（teachable agent）——一个像真实世界的学生一样学习、尝试、犯错误和提问的计算机化角色。

2018年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

高考A tool developed just a couple of years ago by a young farmer, Jonathan Dysinger, in Tennessee, with a small loan from a local slow money group.

几年前，田纳西州的一位年轻农民乔纳森·迪辛格（Jonathan Dysinger）利用当地一家慢钱组织的小额贷款开发了一种工具。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考Thus humans who lived a million years ago, despite their big brains and sharp stone tools, lived in constant fear of meat-eating animals.

因此，生活在一百万年前的人类，尽管他们有着巨大的大脑和锋利的石器，却一直生活在对肉食动物的恐惧之中。

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 任务型阅读 原文

六级Young farmers are guided by their love for agriculture and aided by their knowledge of technology to find inexpensive and appropriately sized tools.

年轻的农民以他们对农业的热爱为指导，以他们的技术知识为帮助，找到价格低廉、尺寸合适的工具。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

六级She says she is aware that plenty of people do not want to eat genetically modified crops, but she is pushing ahead with every available tool until one works.

她说，她知道很多人不想吃转基因作物，但她正在推进每一个可用的工具，直到一个工作。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

高考Though their ranges and tools differ, the baby's investigation and the scientist's experiment appear to share the same aim, overall approach, and logic.

虽然他们的范围和工具不同，但婴儿的调查和科学家的实验似乎有着相同的目标、总体方法和逻辑。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级The aim is to ensure that employees have an explicit tool to help them understand their own abilities and aspirations, determine career possibilities, and set (usually short-term) goals

其目的是确保员工拥有明确的工具，帮助他们了解自己的能力和愿望，确定职业可能性，并设定（通常是短期）目标

2013年12月阅读原文

六级For almost all white-collar jobs, email is the primary tool of corporate communication.

对于几乎所有的白领工作来说，电子邮件是公司沟通的主要工具。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级Michael Yudell, a professor of public health at Drexel University in Philadelphia, said that modern genetics research is operating in a paradox: on the one hand, race is understood to be a useful tool to illuminate human genetic diversity, but on the other hand, race is also understood to be a poorly defined marker of that diversity.

费城德雷塞尔大学公共卫生教授迈克尔·尤德尔（Michael Yudell）说，现代遗传学研究正处于一个悖论中：一方面，种族被认为是阐明人类遗传多样性的有用工具，但另一方面，种族也被认为是多样性的一个定义不明确的标志。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级It studies these populations, in the past, present and future, using quantitative data and mathematical models as tools of analysis.

它使用定量数据和数学模型作为分析工具，研究这些人口在过去、现在和未来的情况。

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级Google is another tool to help you get organized effectively.

谷歌是另一个帮助你有效组织的工具。

2018年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

高考We are finally waking up to the severity of the problem by supporting and developing a group of tools, apps and approaches intended to prevent scammers from getting through.

我们终于意识到问题的严重性，支持并开发了一组工具、应用程序和方法，以防止骗子通过。

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级The Home Depot approach to craftsmanship - simplify it, dumb it down, hire a contractor - is one signal that mastering tools and working with one's hands is receding in America as a hobby, as a valued skill, as a cultural influence that shaped thinking and behavior in vast sections of the country.

家得宝（Home Depot）的工艺方法——简化、简化、雇佣承包商——是一个信号，表明在美国，掌握工具和用手工作作为一种爱好、一种宝贵的技能、一种文化影响正在消退，这种影响塑造了美国大部分地区的思维和行为。

2013年6月阅读原文

考研Humans are unique in their capacity to not only make tools but then turn around and use them to create superfluous material goods - paintings, sculpture and architecture - and superfluous experiences - music, literature, religion and philosophy.

人类的独特之处在于，他们不仅能够制造工具，而且能够转身利用工具创造多余的物质产品——绘画、雕塑和建筑——以及多余的体验——音乐、文学、宗教和哲学。

2012年考研阅读原文

考研Humans are unique in their capacity to not only make tools but then turn around and use them to create superfluous material goods—paintings, sculpture and architecture—and superfluous experiences—music, literature, religion and philosophy.

人类的独特之处在于，他们不仅能够制造工具，而且能够转身使用工具来创造多余的物质商品——绘画、雕塑、建筑和多余的体验——音乐、文学、宗教和哲学。

2012年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研These tools can help you win every argument 一 not in the unhelpful sense of beating your opponents but in the better sense of learning about the issues that divide people.

这些工具可以帮助你赢得每一场争论一 不是因为打败对手毫无帮助，而是为了更好地了解分裂人民的问题。

2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ

六级It is about devising retail models that work for people who are making increasing use of a growing array of internet-connected tools to change how they search, shop, and buy.

它是为那些越来越多地使用互联网连接工具来改变搜索、购物和购买方式的人们设计零售模式。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级The article cites the global giant Procter and Gamble as an example, saying a real innovative company should develop an innovation culture and use it as a primary tool for success.

文章以全球巨头宝洁（Procter and Gamble）为例，称真正的创新型公司应该发展创新文化，并将其作为取得成功的主要工具。

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

考研Humanity has the necessary agro-technological tools to eradicate hunger, from genetically engineered crops to artificial fertilizers.

人类拥有必要的农业技术工具来消除饥饿，从基因工程作物到人工肥料。

2013年考研阅读原文

四级Clearly, there is no such thing as a perfect memory – their extraordinary minds are still using the same flawed tools that the rest of us rely on.

显然，完美的记忆是不存在的——他们非凡的头脑仍然在使用我们其他人所依赖的有缺陷的工具。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级However, organisations need to learn something bigger than how to manage teams better: they need to be in the habit of asking themselves whether teams are the best tools for the job.

然而，组织需要学习比如何更好地管理团队更重要的东西：他们需要习惯于问自己团队是否是工作的最佳工具。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Participation in this project helped the girls developed a new attitude towards their parents of their own homes; they've learned how to work with tools, and improve their work habits.

参与该项目有助于女孩们对自己家的父母形成新的态度；他们已经学会了如何使用工具，并改善了他们的工作习惯。

2013年6月听力原文

六级Rarely has there been a better example of the power of attitude, one of our most powerful psychological tools.

态度的力量是我们最强大的心理工具之一，很少有比这更好的例子。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级By offering instant discounts worth as much as $100, DeWalt launched a trade-in program to encourage people to bring back tools.

通过提供价值高达100美元的即时折扣，DeWalt发起了一项折价计划，鼓励人们带回工具。

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

四级I was a little scared at first because he used a smooth edged tool to scrape the skin on my neck and shoulders.

一开始我有点害怕，因为他用一个光滑的工具刮我脖子和肩膀上的皮肤。

2018年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

六级For instance, DeWalt discovered that many contractors were holding on to their old tools, even if they no longer worked, because they were expensive purchases and it was hard to justify bringing them in to recycle.

例如，德瓦尔特发现，许多承包商保留着他们的旧工具，即使它们不再工作，因为它们是昂贵的采购品，很难证明将它们用于回收是合理的。

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

高考Before the tool came out, small farmers couldn't touch the price per pound offered by California farms.

在这种工具问世之前，小农场主无法触及加州农场提供的每磅价格。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级If the method works, it could provide farmers in Botswana-and elsewhere with a low-cost, sustainable tool to protect their livestock, and a way to keep lions safe from being killed.

如果这种方法奏效，它可以为博茨瓦纳和其他地方的农民提供一种低成本、可持续的工具来保护他们的牲畜，并提供一种保护狮子不被杀死的方法。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

六级If the method works, it could provide farmers in Botswana-and elsewhere -with a low-cost, sustainable tool to protect their livestock, and a way to keep lions safe from being killed.

如果这种方法奏效，它可以为博茨瓦纳和其他地方的农民提供一种低成本、可持续的工具来保护他们的牲畜，并提供一种保护狮子不被杀死的方法。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

考研When younger kids learn computer science, they learn that it's not just a confusing, endless string of letters and numbers -- but a tool to build apps, or create artwork, or test hypotheses.

当年幼的孩子学习计算机科学时，他们了解到它不仅仅是一个令人困惑的、无休止的字母和数字串——而是一个构建应用程序、创建艺术品或测试假设的工具。

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Oh, yes, go down this aisle, pass the garden tools, you'll find them on the shelf next to the light bulbs.

哦，是的，沿着这条过道走，把园艺工具递给我，你会发现它们就在灯泡旁边的架子上。

2010年6月听力原文

六级Fitbit, for example, released its first smartwatch Monday, selling with a clear purpose – to improve your fitness – and promoting it as a tool, not a toy.

例如，Fitbit周一发布了其首款智能手表，其销售目的明确——改善健康状况——并将其作为工具而非玩具进行推广。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级Power tool maker DeWalt partners with companies, such as Lowes and Napa Auto Parts, to collect old tools at their stores for recycling.

电动工具制造商DeWalt与Lowes和Napa Auto Parts等公司合作，在他们的商店收集旧工具进行回收。

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级Stacked near the checkout counters, and as colorful as a Fisher-Price toy, is a not-so-serious-looking power tool: a battery-operated saw-and-drill combination.

堆放在收银台附近，像Fisher Price玩具一样五颜六色，是一个看起来不那么严肃的电动工具：一个电池驱动的锯和钻组合。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级It is a tool of communication among speakers of different languages.

它是不同语言使用者之间交流的工具。

2010年6月听力原文

高考While household robots today do the normal housework, social robots will be much more like companions than mere tools.

如今，家用机器人可以做正常的家务，而社交机器人将更像是同伴，而不仅仅是工具。

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级It's all very handy stuff, I guess, a convenient way to be a do-it-yourself without being all that good with tools.

这都是非常方便的东西，我想，一个方便的方式做一个自己做，而不是所有的好工具。

2013年6月阅读原文

高考These include custom-made navigation tools, night vision systems and intelligent speed adaptations.

其中包括定制的导航工具、夜视系统和智能速度调整。

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考Graph can be a very useful tool for conveying information especially numbers, percentages, and other data.

图形是一个非常有用的工具，用于传递信息，特别是数字、百分比和其他数据。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级Smartphones offer new tools for achieving these ambitions, providing rich data about everyday behaviors in a variety of contexts.

智能手机为实现这些目标提供了新的工具，提供了各种环境下日常行为的丰富数据。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级At a time when natural history was a valuable tool for discovery, Merian discovered facts about plants and Insects that were not previously known.

在自然史是一个有价值的发现工具的时代，美利安人发现了以前未知的植物和昆虫的事实。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级He simply doesn't discriminate when it comes to the newness of tools.

当谈到工具的新颖性时，他根本没有区别对待。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

四级The ability to draw upon every available tool and insight—picked up from science, arts, and technology—to solve the problems of the future, and take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves, will be helpful to them and the United States.

能够利用从科学、艺术和技术中获得的每一种可用工具和洞察力来解决未来的问题，并利用当前的机会，对他们和美国都有帮助。

2014年6月阅读原文

四级The cordless, hand-held tools we use in our homes, such as vacuum cleaners, flashlights, drills and saws came from the technology of these early space programs.

我们在家里使用的无绳手持工具，如真空吸尘器、手电筒、钻头和锯子，都来自这些早期太空计划的技术。

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级It is an effective tool of self-assessment and introspection for better career plans.

它是自我评估和反思的有效工具，有助于更好地制定职业规划。

2013年12月阅读原文

四级Before the internet, renting a surfboard, a power tool or a parking space from someone else was feasible, but was usually more trouble than it was worth

在互联网出现之前，从其他人那里租用冲浪板、电动工具或停车位是可行的，但通常麻烦比它的价值还多

2013年12月阅读原文

四级Clearly, there is no such thing as a "perfect" memory – their extraordinary minds are still using the same flawed tools that the rest of us rely on.

显然，不存在“完美”记忆——他们非凡的头脑仍在使用我们其他人所依赖的同样有缺陷的工具。

2017年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级Fitbit, for example, released its first smartwatch Monday, selling with a clear purpose--to improve your fitness--and promoting it as a "tool, not a toy. "

例如，Fitbit于周一发布了其首款智能手表，销售目的明确——提高你的体质——并将其宣传为“工具，而不是玩具”

2016年12月六级（第一套）真题

六级At a time when natural history was a valuable tool for discovery, Merian discovered facts about plants and insects that were not previously known.

在自然史是一种有价值的发现工具的时候，梅里安发现了以前未知的植物和昆虫的事实。

2018年12月6级真题第二套

六级” In countries like India, that call could become a tool to aggravate an already tense political situation and stress already undernourished populations.

“在印度这样的国家，这一呼吁可能会成为加剧本已紧张的政治局势和给本已营养不良的人口带来压力的工具。

2020年12月六级真题（第2套）

六级Priceton professor Freeman Dyson thinks it “likely” that life form outer space will be discovered defore 2056 because the tools for finding it, such as optical and radio detection and data processing,are improving.

Priceton教授Freeman Dyson认为，2056年“很可能”会发现生命形式的外太空，因为发现它的工具，如光学和无线电检测以及数据处理，正在改进。

2008年6月英语六级真题

六级To conclude, E-books are a very valuable tool that could be used as a profit centre, as a publishing tool or as a marketing tool.

总之，电子书是一种非常有价值的工具，可以用作利润中心、出版工具或营销工具。

2008年6月英语六级真题

六级Plenty of us create a “to-do” list to address feelings of being overwhelmed, but we rarely use these tools to their best effect.

我们中的许多人都会创建一个“待办事项”列表来解决不知所措的感觉，但我们很少使用这些工具来达到最佳效果。

2008年12月英语六级真题

六级Internet based telecoms, or VoIP (Voice over IP) to give it its technical title, is an interesting tool to any business supporting remote working.

基于互联网的电信，或VoIP（IP语音），对任何支持远程工作的企业来说都是一个有趣的工具。

2009年12月英语六级真题

六级The newer trend is to start recruiting poor and non-white students as early as the seventh grade, using innovative tools to identify kids with sophisticated verbal skills.

新的趋势是，最早从七年级开始招收贫困和非白人学生，使用创新的工具来识别具有复杂语言技能的孩子。

2011年6月英语六级真题

四级Rather, we first must concentrate on teaching the effective use of the computer as the tool is.

相反，我们首先必须集中精力教授计算机作为工具的有效使用。

1991年1月英语四级真题

四级On the other hand, the diving suit and a set of basic tools needed for skin-diving can be bought for 20 dollars.

另一方面，潜水服和一套皮肤潜水所需的基本工具可以花20美元买到。

2005年12月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级He says it would only take him a few minutes to teach a person how to steal a car, using a bare minimum of tools.

他说，他只需要几分钟的时间就可以教一个人如何用最少的工具偷车。

2006年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级You must learn to create first and then criticize if you want to make writing the tool for thinking that it is.

如果你想让写作成为思考的工具，你必须先学会创造，然后再批评。

2007年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Because I konw very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade, I had to accept the fact that I was co-opting（借用）my daughter’s experence.

因为我对使用工具的农场动物或上一年级的天使知之甚少，我不得不接受我选择的事实(借用）我女儿的经历。

2007年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级But for rankings-conscious schools in between, merit aid has served primarily as a tool to recruit top students and to improve their academic profits.

但对于介于两者之间的注重排名的学校来说，助学金主要是作为招收顶尖学生和提高学术利润的工具。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级Participation in this project helped the girls develop a new attitude towards their parents of their own homes; they’ve learned how to work with tools, and improved their work habits.

参与该项目有助于女孩们对自己家的父母形成新的态度；他们学会了如何使用工具，并改善了工作习惯。

2013年6月大学英语四级考试真题(第1套)

四级Before the internet, renting a surfboard , a power tool or a parking space from someone else was feasible，but was usually more trouble than it was worth Now websites such as Airbnb，RelayRides and SnapGoods match up owners and renters ; smartphones with GPS let people see where the nearest rentable car is parked ; social networks provide a way to check up on people mad build trust；and online payment systems handle the billing.

在互联网出现之前，从别人那里租冲浪板、电动工具或停车位是可行的，但通常比实际情况更麻烦。现在，Airbnb、RelayRides和SnapGoods等网站将业主和租客配对；带GPS的智能手机可以让人们看到最近的可出租汽车停在哪里；社交网络提供了一种检查人们疯狂建立信任的方式并且在线支付系统处理计费。

2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第1套)

四级Before the internet, renting a surfboard, a power tool or a parking space from someone else was feasible, but was usually more trouble than it was worth.

在互联网出现之前，从别人那里租一个冲浪板、电动工具或停车位是可行的，但通常会带来更多的麻烦。

2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套）

四级Everyone seems to agree that the government, and parents, should be rethinking how we invest in higher education— and that employers need to rethink the increasing use of college degrees as crude screening tools for jobs that don’t really require college skills.

每个人似乎都同意，政府和家长应该重新思考我们如何投资于高等教育，雇主需要重新思考越来越多地将大学学位作为筛选不需要大学技能的工作的粗略工具。

2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)

四级As we get older, crying becomes a tool of social interaction: grief and joy, shame and pride, fear and manipulation.

随着年龄的增长，哭泣成为社交的一种工具：悲伤和喜悦、羞耻和骄傲、恐惧和操纵。

2014年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第3套）

四级Anant Agarwal, an electrical engineer who is president of EdX, predicted that the instant-grading software would be a useful teaching tool, enabling students to take tests and write essays over and over and improve the quality of their answers.

EdX总裁、电气工程师Anant Agarwal预测，即时评分软件将是一种有用的教学工具，使学生能够反复参加考试和撰写论文，并提高答案的质量。

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级The EdX assessment tool requires human teachers, or graders, to first grade 100 essays or essay questions.

EdX评估工具要求人类教师或年级学生对100篇论文或论文问题进行一年级评分。

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级Clearly, there is no such thing as a “perfect” memory—their extraordinary minds are still using the same flawed tools that the rest of us rely on.

显然，不存在所谓的“完美”记忆——他们非凡的头脑仍然在使用我们其他人所依赖的有缺陷的工具。

2017年6月大学英语四级真题（第1套）

四级But the most cutting-edge tool under development is the "teachable agent"—a computerized character who learns, tries, makes mistakes and asks questions just like a real-world pupil.

但正在开发的最尖端的工具是“可教代理”——一个计算机化的角色，他像现实世界中的学生一样学习、尝试、犯错和提问。

2018年6月大学英语四级真题（第3套)

四级“It was a great marketing tool because kids were taking that TV show to school with them, and then when they got home they had them captured back on TV,” he says.

他说：“这是一个很好的营销工具，因为孩子们带着电视节目去学校，然后当他们回到家时，他们又在电视上看到了这些节目。”。

2020年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）

考研But beyond learning Einstein’s theories, his overall attitude towards science as a tool to liberate humanity is something from which everyone can and should learn.

但除了学习爱因斯坦的理论之外，他对科学作为解放人类的工具的总体态度是每个人都可以也应该学习的。

1980年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Restrictions on cigarette advertisements, plus health warnings on packages and bans on public smoking in certain places such as theatres, cinemas and restaurants, are the most popular tools used by nations in support of nonsmokers or in curbing smoking.

对香烟广告的限制，加上包装上的健康警告，以及在剧院、电影院和餐馆等特定场所禁止公众吸烟，是各国支持不吸烟者或遏制吸烟最常用的工具。

1982年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研The specialist understands one field; his concern is with technique and tools.

专家了解一个领域；他关心的是技术和工具。

1986年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Science moves forward, they say, not so much through the insights of great men of genius as because of more ordinary things like improved techniques and tools.

他们说，科学向前发展，与其说是因为天才伟人的见解，不如说是因为更普通的东西，比如改进的技术和工具。

1994年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Over the years, tools and technology themselves as a source of fundamental innovation have largely been ignored by historians and philosophers of science.

多年来，作为基本创新来源的工具和技术本身在很大程度上被历史学家和科学哲学家忽视了。

1994年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研The tests themselves are merely tools, with characteristics that can be measured with reasonable precision under specified conditions.

测试本身只是工具，其特性可以在特定条件下以合理的精度进行测量。

1995年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Whether the results will be valuable, meaningless, or even misleading depends partly upon the tool itself but largely upon the user.

结果是否有价值、毫无意义，甚至具有误导性，部分取决于工具本身，但很大程度上取决于用户。

1995年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研In the past year, however, software companies have developed tools that allow companies to “push” information directly out to consumers, transmitting marketing messages directly to targeted customers.

然而，在过去的一年里，软件公司开发了一些工具，允许公司将信息直接“推送”给消费者，将营销信息直接传递给目标客户。

1999年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研And that is very good news because the Internet may well be the most powerful tool for combating world poverty that we’ve ever had.

这是一个非常好的消息，因为互联网很可能是我们有史以来对抗世界贫困的最强大的工具。

2001年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研And the Internet is not the only tool we have.

互联网并不是我们唯一的工具。

2001年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研To take advantage of this tool, some impoverished countries will have to get over their outdated anti-colonial prejudices with respect to foreign investment.

为了利用这一工具，一些贫穷国家将不得不克服他们在外国投资方面过时的反殖民偏见。

2001年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研Children will play with dolls equipped with personality chips, computers with in-built personalities will be regarded as workmates rather than tools, relaxation will be in front of smell television, and digital age will have arrived.

孩子们将玩装有个性芯片的玩偶，具有内置个性的电脑将被视为同事而非工具，在嗅觉电视前放松，数字时代将到来。

2001年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty.

自从人类独创性出现以来，人们就设计出了越来越狡猾的工具来应对危险、无聊、繁重或纯粹令人讨厌的工作。

2002年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研Donovan believed in using whatever tools came to hand in the “great game” of espionage—spying as a “profession.

多诺万相信在间谍的“伟大游戏”中使用任何工具——间谍是一种“职业”。

2003年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研Straiford president George Friedman says he sees the online world as a kind of mutually reinforcing tool for both information collection and distribution, a spymaster’s dream.

Straiford总裁乔治·弗里德曼表示，他将网络世界视为一种信息收集和分发的相辅相成的工具，这是间谍头目的梦想。

2003年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题