英语词汇“mechanism”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	mechanism
释义	mech·a·nism \ˈmekəˌnizəm\ noun (-s) Etymology: Late Latin mechanisma contrivance, from Greek mēchanē machine + -isma -ism — more at machine 1. a. : a piece of machinery : a structure of working parts functioning together to produce an effect < the valve mechanism to operate the valve when it is in the engine block — Joseph Heitner > < mechanism of a watch > b. : a process or technique for achieving a result sometimes by cooperative effort: as (1) : a political practice or stratagem < the mechanisms of peace — F.D.Roosevelt > < little thought is given to the real mechanism of Communism — Norman Cousins > < the political mechanisms normal to a nation at war — R.A.Dahl > (2) : a body process or function < may be important in the mechanism of onset of labor — J.P.Greenhill > (3) : a creative method (as in the arts) < have shown singularly little curiosity about the actual mechanism of poetic inspiration — Herbert Read > (4) : the combination of mental processes by which a result is obtained < the mechanism of invention > especially : mechanism of defense (5) : a systematic social or economic procedure < banks provide the mechanism which assures the smooth circulation of short-term credits — R.B.Westerfield > 2. : mechanical operation or action < he acknowledges nothing besides matter and motion; so that all must be performed either by mechanism or accident — Richard Bentley †1742 > 3. a. : nature or a natural process conceived as like a machine or as functioning purely in accordance with mechanical laws b. : a philosophical doctrine that holds that natural processes and especially the processes of life are mechanically determined and capable of complete explanation by the laws of physics and chemistry — compare teleology, vitalism 4. a. : the fundamental physical or chemical processes involved in or responsible for an action, reaction, or other natural phenomenon < meteorologists believe that this pressure jump is the mechanism responsible for storms and tornadoes — Think > < the complicated mechanism that governs planets and satellites decreed that the moon should slow down — Waldemar Kaempffert > b. : a sequence of steps in a chemical reaction < the most satisfactory evidence for the proposed mechanism of chlorination — G.W.Wheland > < there are … many different mechanisms by which catalysts operate — Farrington Daniels & R.A.Alberty > 5. : an approach to language study based on an objective methodology in recording and classifying linguistic phenomena on the basis of observable forms — compare mentalism
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