单词 | mechanism |
释义 | mech·a·nism 1. a. < the valve mechanism to operate the valve when it is in the engine block — Joseph Heitner > < mechanism of a watch > b. (1) < the mechanisms of peace — F.D.Roosevelt > < little thought is given to the real mechanism of Communism — Norman Cousins > < the political mechanisms normal to a nation at war — R.A.Dahl > (2) < may be important in the mechanism of onset of labor — J.P.Greenhill > (3) < have shown singularly little curiosity about the actual mechanism of poetic inspiration — Herbert Read > (4) < the mechanism of invention > especially (5) < banks provide the mechanism which assures the smooth circulation of short-term credits — R.B.Westerfield > 2. < he acknowledges nothing besides matter and motion; so that all must be performed either by mechanism or accident — Richard Bentley †1742 > 3. a. b. 4. a. < meteorologists believe that this pressure jump is the mechanism responsible for storms and tornadoes — Think > < the complicated mechanism that governs planets and satellites decreed that the moon should slow down — Waldemar Kaempffert > b. < the most satisfactory evidence for the proposed mechanism of chlorination — G.W.Wheland > < there are … many different mechanisms by which catalysts operate — Farrington Daniels & R.A.Alberty > 5. |
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