mechanism
n
1 working parts of a machine, etc 机械装置
a delicate watch mechanism 精细的手表机件
the firing mechanism of a rifle 步枪的击发装置.
2 parts of an organism or system which work together (机体或装置的)结构, 构造
the mechanisms of the body 身体的结构.
3 method or procedure for getting things done 手法; 技巧; 程序
There are no mechanisms for transferring funds from one department to another. 基金无法从一部门转移至另一部门.
Were you in San Francisco at the time of the big earthquake in 1989?
1989年旧金山大地震时,你在那儿吗?
Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? Pierre, my husband, was working in a government office. We'd been invited to a ball at the palace so I needed to borrow some jewellery.