mechanism
/ˈmekənɪzəm/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。
2.1
- 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。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin mechanismus, from Greek mēkhanē （see MACHINE）.