mechanism
英['mek(?)n?z(?)m]
美['m?k?n?z?m]
- n. 機制；原理，途徑；進程；機械裝置；技巧
英英釋意
- 1. the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction;
- "he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions"
- 2. the technical aspects of doing something;
- "a mechanism of social control"
- "mechanisms of communication"
- "the mechanics of prose style"
- 3. a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function;
- "the mechanism of the ear"
- "the mechanism of infection"
- 4. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
- 5. device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function