名词

1. 机械装置;机件
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.

2. 方法;途径;程序;机制
A mechanism is a special way of getting something done within a particular system.

3. (人为生存、对付困境的)机制，行为方式
A mechanism is a part of your behaviour that is automatic and that helps you to survive or to cope with a difficult situation.

4. see also: defence mechanism

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

Synonym: chemical mechanism