1. | [u] (统称)机器;(尤指)大型机器machines as a group, especially large ones |
agricultural/industrial machinery 农业╱工业机械 | |
a piece of machinery 一部机器 |
2. | [u] 机器的运转部分;机械装置the parts of a machine that make it work |
3. | [u][sing] 组织;机构;系统;体制the organization or structure of sth; the system for doing sth |
the machinery of government 政府机构 | |
There is no machinery for resolving disputes. 根本没有解决纷争的机制。 |