mechanism

mechanism
noun
  1. a system of parts working together in a machine; a piece of machinery
    机械装置,机器
    the gunner injured his arm in the turret mechanism.
    炮手在炮塔机械装置中伤了手臂。
  2. a natural or established process by which something takes place or is brought about
    机制;机理
    we have no mechanism for assessing the success of forwarded enquiries.
    我们没有机制来评估转递查询的成功与否。
    the mechanism by which genes build bodies.
    基因构成身体的机理。
    ■a contrivance in the plot of a literary work
    (文学作品情节的)手法;技巧
    Irma La Douce is a musical based on the farce mechanism.
    《爱玛姑娘》是一部基于笑剧手法的音乐剧。
  3. [mass noun](Philosophy)the doctrine that all natural phenomena, including life and thought, allow mechanical explanation by physics and chemistry
    (哲)机械论
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin mechanismus, from Greek mēkhanē (see machine)
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