mechanism
n.机械装置；机制
释义2：
mechanism
/ 5mekEnizEm /
◙ noun1. 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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