| 单词 | mechanism |
| 释义 | mechanism (mekənɪzəm ) Word forms: mechanisms 1. countable noun [usually singular] 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. ...the locking mechanism. A bomb has been detonated by a special mechanism. Synonyms: workings, motor, gears, works 2. countable noun A mechanism is a special way of getting something done within a particular system. There's no mechanism for punishing arms exporters who break the rules. [+ for] ...the clumsy and ineffective mechanism of price controls. Synonyms: process, workings, way, means 3. countable noun A mechanism is a part of your behaviour that is automatic and that helps you to survive or to cope with a difficult situation. ...a survival mechanism, a means of coping with intolerable stress. 4. See also defence mechanism Collocations: molecular mechanism Still, its underlying molecular mechanism remains a major, unsolved problem of membrane bioenergetics. The Scientist Viewing them now, albeit with fancy machines, reveals the molecular mechanism behind the behavior. The Scientist The molecular mechanism(s) of photoinhibition are constantly under discussion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, evidence of shared molecular mechanism between human speech and mouse ultrasonic vocalizations has been shown. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Proposed a molecular mechanism of the ribosome role in protein synthesis (1968). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In this regard, a more effective ceasefire monitoring mechanism was suggested. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It also declared that the monitoring mechanism would be in place as long as necessary. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 G8 leaders have agreed to establish a monitoring mechanism but the details remain unclear. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The government did not report the existence of an anti-trafficking task force, monitoring mechanism, or action plan. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The manual therapies offered by chiropractors and osteopaths have a plausible physiological mechanism for their supposed effects, at least for the musculoskeletal problems for which they are most commonly used. Times, Sunday Times Looking at jealousys physiological mechanism offers support for this idea. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Alternately, the ray may have a yet-unknown physiological mechanism to adapt electric organ function to the cold. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many researchers in cognitive neuroscience and cognitive psychology consider that this system provides the physiological mechanism for the perception/action coupling (see the common coding theory). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Phylogenetic analyses: comparing species to infer adaptations and physiological mechanisms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The cap will be uprated to take inflation into account, although the precise mechanism has yet to be announced. Times, Sunday Times What was the precise mechanism that, eventually, would wipe us out? Times, Sunday Times The precise mechanism poliovirus uses to enter the host cell has not been firmly established. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The precise mechanism of this action has not been established. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, they are more frequently identified by their precise mechanism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The precise protective mechanism has not been discovered. Times, Sunday Times It's a protective mechanism - by thinking through the worst possible scenario, you then feel reassured when it turns out not to be the case. The Sun These pedicellariae are used as a protective mechanism against predators. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has been suggested that mega-teleomeres may serve as protective mechanism against senescence in long-lived organisms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These aggregations may function as a protective mechanism during reproduction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The talking therapy involves putting in place a practical psychological mechanism to help deal with overwhelming problems. Times, Sunday Times These forms then can not be merely the products of our psychological mechanism, though they may turn out to coincide with these. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There exists a tendency to perceive things as larger than they actually are, and filling the frame full fills this psychological mechanism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The psychological mechanism operates via self-fulfilling expectations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But on other occasions the complex physical and psychological mechanisms by which opera singers operate didn't seem to cohere at the right moment. Times, Sunday Times But after the war this automatic regulatory mechanism worked badly or not at all. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The notch signaling pathway, a regulatory mechanism for cell growth and differentiation, plays broad roles in several aspects of cardiac development. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 No regulatory mechanism existed to reclaim and reassign these underutilized blocks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also noted that there must exist a specific regulatory mechanism that increased blood pressure to a high enough point such that it did not create anemic conditions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This may be part of a fungal regulatory mechanism that conserves spore energy for efficient growth and the hyphal branching upon receiving signals from a potential host plant. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When it's time to reproduce, things go wrong, setting off the cell's automatic repair mechanism. Times, Sunday Times Stem cells serve as a repair mechanism - replacing diseased cells with healthy new ones. The Sun The condition, caused by a mutation of the body's repair mechanism, affects one in a million. The Sun A mutation of the body's repair mechanism causes fibrous tissue (including muscle, tendon, and ligament) to be ossified spontaneously or when damaged. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even in the very first studies, it was obvious that plants have a repair mechanism that continuously repairs photoinhibitory damage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The judges said that other countries had introduced registers with a review mechanism. Times, Sunday Times That had been eliminated in 2003 and no alternative review mechanism put in place. Times, Sunday Times Most likely the outcome will be a compromise, with an extension until the end of the year, possibly with a review mechanism of sorts. Times, Sunday Times Since then, officials have been drawing up plans for a review mechanism for thousands of potential applicants. Times, Sunday Times They said it was 'absolutely not a red line' for him and that he would be prepared to accept an independent review mechanism if it were robust. Times, Sunday Times True, everyone knew the transmission mechanism from rate cuts to the economy was clogged. Times, Sunday Times Trade has been the transmission mechanism from the financial crisis to the world's factories. Times, Sunday Times Under that system the provisions which limited the number of times the transmission mechanism could operate were extremely simple. Times, Sunday Times Many economists believe that land prices may be the 'missing link' in the monetary transmission mechanism required to kick-start consumer spending and from that the full economic recovery. Times, Sunday Times First, a recognition that the lags in the transmission mechanism mean that policy must be forward-looking. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 机制 Japanese: 機構 機械 |
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