1. 機械裝置;機件 In a machine or piece of equipment, a mechanism is a part, often consisting of a set of smaller parts, which performs a particular function.
e.g. ...the locking mechanism... 鎖定裝置 e.g. A bomb has been detonated by a special mechanism. 炸彈由一個(gè)專(zhuān)門(mén)裝置引爆。
2. 方法;途徑;程序;機制 A mechanism is a special way of getting something done within a particular system.
e.g. There's no mechanism for punishing arms exporters who break the rules. 對違規的武器出口商實(shí)施懲罰尚無(wú)執行機制。 e.g. ...the clumsy and ineffective mechanism of price controls. 方法笨拙、效率低下的價(jià)格控制機制
3. (人為生存、對付困境的)機制，行為方式 A mechanism is a part of your behaviour that is automatic and that helps you to survive or to cope with a difficult situation.
e.g. ...a survival mechanism, a means of coping with intolerable stress. 一種生存機制，一種應對無(wú)法承受的壓力的方法
4. see also: defence mechanism
mechanism英英釋義
mechanism什么意思
noun
1. the technical aspects of doing something
e.g. a mechanism of social control mechanisms of communication the mechanics of prose style
Synonym: mechanics
2. device consisting of a piece of machinery has moving parts that perform some function
3. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
4. a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function
e.g. the mechanism of the ear the mechanism of infection
5. the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction
e.g. he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions