device

apparatus, instrument, device, equipment, tool, implement, installation, appliance, facilities

名词 device:

1. an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
2. something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
3. any clever maneuver
   同义词：gimmick, twist
4. any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)
5. an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)

1. The device will be in production by the end of the year.
   该装置将於年底投入生产。
2. A name, symbol, or other device identifying a product, officially registered and legally restricted to the use of the owner or manufacturer.
   商标，牌号标明产品的名字、符号或其它设计，经过正式注册，并只合法地限于其拥有者或制造商使用
3. The device had undergone extensive testing.
   这种装置经受过广泛的试验。
4. They use television advertising as a device for stimulating demand.
   他们利用电视广告作为刺激需求的方法。

de.vice

n.（名词）
A contrivance or an invention serving a particular purpose, especially a machine used to perform one or more relatively simple tasks.
设计：为特定的目的而做出的设计或发明，尤指用于完成某个或几个简单的相关的任务的机器

A technique or means.
技术，方法
A plan or scheme, especially a malign one.
诡计：一个计划或方案，尤指恶意的（计划或方案）
A literary contrivance, such as parallelism or personification, used to achieve a particular effect.
拟人：文学上的一种修辞方法，如比拟或似人法，用以达到某种特别的效果
A decorative design, figure, or pattern, as one used in embroidery.See Synonyms at figure
图案：某种装饰性的设计画像或图案，如刺绣品上使用的一种（装饰或图案等）参见 figure
A graphic symbol or motto, especially in heraldry.
题铭：雕刻的符号或题词，尤指用在纹章图案中
Archaic The act, state, or power of devising.
【古语】 设计：设计…的行为、状态或能力

<习惯用语>leave to (one`s) own devices
To allow to do as one pleases:
听任某人自行其事：允许某人按自己的意愿做事：
例句：
left the child to her own devices for an hour in the afternoon.
允许孩子在下午有一个小时的自由支配时间

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French devis [division, wish]
源自 古法语 devis [隔离，希望]
Old French devise [design]
古法语 devise [设计]
both from Latin dovosus, dovosa [past participle of] dovidere [to divide, separate]
都源自 拉丁语 dovosus, dovosa [] dovidere的过去分词 [分开，隔离]