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Mechanically Things People 英 Mə'Kænɪkli] 美 Mə'Kænɪkli Adv.机械地;呆板地;无意识地 Transmitted

英语单词 mechanically
英美音标 英 [mə'kænɪkli] 美 [mə'kænɪkli]
中文释义 adv.机械地;呆板地;无意识地
英语例句 (1) It may be mechanically transmitted by arthropods.
(2) Never copy foreign things blindly or mechanically.
(3) He has a large bell in his hand and this he swings mechanically, awakening a deafening clangor.
中文例句 (1) 它可以通过节肢动物机械地传播。
(2) 不要盲目地或机械地照搬外国的东西。
(3) 他手中拿着一个大铃,呆板地摇动着,发出了一阵震耳欲聋的铃声。
vocabulary简明 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.
vocabulary扩展 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."

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