1. leave sb. to his own devices : 听任某人做；

1. device是什么意思

1. She got the information by some device.
    她运用某种手段获取了情报。

2. The television receiver is an electronic device.
    电视接收器是一种电子装置。

1. 图案：新的标识(logo)、图案(device)或图形商标(graphic trade mark)均可受到共同体外观设计的保护. 将商标当成外观设计注册将提供一种无需证明复制或混淆即可行使权利的专有权. 这种注册可在一件单一申请中对所有商品给予保护. 因此,

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2. device：dev; 仪器

1. 装置;设备;器具;仪器
    A device is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.

    e.g. ...an electronic device that protects your vehicle 24 hours a day.
           24小时保护车辆的电子装置
    e.g. ...a device that could measure minute quantities of matter...
           能够测量微量物质的设备

2. 手段;策略;方法;技巧
    A device is a method of achieving something.

    e.g. They claim that military spending is used as a device for managing the economy.
           他们声称军费开支是用来作为调控经济的手段的。
    e.g. ...the literary device of the metaphor.
           隐喻的文学手法

3. 听任…自便;让…自行发展;不去管
    If you leave someone to their own devices, you leave them alone to do as they wish.

    e.g. Left to his own devices, Osborn is a fluent — and often original — guitarist.
           任其自由发挥时，奥斯本是一个弹奏流畅、常常富有创意的吉他手。

1. any clever maneuver

    e.g. he would stoop to any device to win a point
           it was a great sales gimmick
           a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen

    Synonym: gimmicktwist

2. an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose

    e.g. the device is small enough to wear on your wrist
           a device intended to conserve water

3. an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)

    e.g. he was recognized by the device on his shield

4. any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)

5. something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect