机理

機理
jīlǐ
noun #35,855

Measure Word

机理 zhǒng

Meanings

  1. 1 mechanism
  2. 2 underlying principle (of a process or phenomenon)

Examples

Kēxuéjiā zhèngzài yánjiū zhè zhǒng jíbìng de fābìng jīlǐ.
Scientists are studying the pathogenic mechanism of this disease.
Wǒmen yào xiān nòng qīngchu wèntí de nèibù jīlǐ.
We must first understand the internal mechanism of the problem.

Tips

usage
Common in scientific and academic Chinese — 'how something works under the hood'. Compare 机制 (jīzhì, 'mechanism' as a system or institutional process); 机理 leans more toward physical/biological/causal mechanism.

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