device
英 [dɪ'vaɪs]美[dɪ'vaɪs]
- n. 装置;策略;图案
词组搭配
leave someone to their own devices
leave someone to do as they wish without supervision
让…自行其是,听任…自行决定
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
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