| 单词 | mechanically |
| 释义 | mechanically (once / 818 pages) adv When you do something mechanically, you do it in a routine, automatic way, without much thought or feeling. If you have to get up unusually early in the morning, you might get dressed mechanically, still half-asleep. People who are tired, stunned, or deeply upset will sometimes do things mechanically, working or performing tasks without emotion. When you act mechanically, you're machine-like. The adverb mechanically comes from the adjective mechanical, which since the 1600's has been used to describe people who "resemble machines." The Greek root is mekhane, "device." WORD FAMILYmechanical: mechanically, mechanise, mechanize, nonmechanical, unmechanical+/mechanic: mechanics, mechanism/mechanics: mechanical/mechanisation: mechanisations/mechanise: mechanisation, mechanised/mechanised: unmechanised/mechanism: mechanisms, mechanist, mechanistic/mechanist: mechanists/mechanistic: mechanistically, nonmechanistic/mechanization: mechanizations/mechanize: mechanization, mechanized, mechanizes, mechanizing/mechanized: unmechanized USAGE EXAMPLESThose in favor of reform, he said, want the Fed to “mechanically follow a simple rule” and “effectively turn monetary policy over to a computer.” Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016) He may be handsome and charming and mechanically adept, but he’s rather dull and inarticulate with no defined personality. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) The silkscreen process fuzzes the scene, while a mechanically produced grid interrupts any easy perceptions of naturalism. Los Angeles Times(Dec 14, 2016) 1adv in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism this door opens mechanically Syn automatically 2adv in a machinelike manner; without feeling he smiled mechanically |
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