device
英 [d?'va?s]
美[d?'va?s]
- n. 裝置；策略；圖案
詞組搭配
leave someone to their own devices
leave someone to do as they wish without supervision
讓…自行其是，聽任…自行決定
leave to (one's) own devices
To allow to do as one pleases
聽任某人自行其事：允許某人按自己的意愿做事
left the child to her own devices for an hour in the afternoon.
允許孩子在下午有一個小時的自由支配時間