ADJ
- firing, locking, steering, trigger, winding
MECHANISM + VERB
- operate, work
- The door locking mechanism doesn't work
- jam
ADJ
- effective, precise
- an effective mechanism for enforcing the rules
- underlying
- complex
- social
VERB + MECHANISM
- provide
- The system provides a mechanism whereby information is channelled into the market
MECHANISM + VERB
- operate, work
- allow sth, ensure sth
PREP
- by/through the ~ of
- The government is held accountable through the mechanism of regular general elections
- ~ for
- a mechanism for dealing with complaints
ADJ
- avoidance, control, defence, escape, survival
- The body has defence mechanisms against many diseases
- cellular, genetic, immunological, molecular, neural, physiological, psychological, etc.