mechanism

['mekənizəm]

n.机制, 原理
n.结构, 机构, 机械装置

例句与用法：

You operate the mechanism by winding this handle.

操纵这台机器要转动这个把手。

The mechanism that revolves the turntable is broken.

带动转盘旋转的机械装置坏了。

A political arrangement in which various groups, such as ethnic or racial populations within a country or region, share power according to an agreed formula or mechanism.

联盟不同群体间的政治约定(如一个国家或地区内部的民族或种族), 根据一个一致同意的方案或机构共享权力

The watch has delicate mechanism.

这块表有精细的机械装置。

The soldier told us where the firing mechanism of a rifle is.

那个士兵告诉我们哪儿是步枪的击发装置。

详细释义：

n.[C]

1. 机械装置; 机械作用

An airplane engine is a complex mechanism.

飞机引擎是种复杂的机械装置。

2. 机构; 结构

The mechanism of local government is far from perfect.

地方政府的结构还很不完善。

3. (自然现象产生的)物理过程; 【化】历程; 【生】机制

Meteorologists believe this pressure jump is the mechanism responsible for storms and tornadoes.

气象学家认为这一气压的突然升高是暴风雨和飓风形成的物理机制。

4. 办法, 途径

There's no mechanism for changing the decision.

没有办法改变这一决定。

5. (绘画等的)手法, 技巧

The three sisters were all well-versed in the mechanism of novel writing.

三姐妹都熟谙写小说的技巧。