mechanics

mécaniciens

Personnes dont le métier est de réparer des voitures ou d’autres machines.

En anglais simple : People whose job is to repair cars or other machines.

• Two mechanics checked the engine.
• The garage needs more experienced mechanics.
• Aircraft mechanics inspect the planes every day.

Synonymes : repairers

Expressions courantes : car mechanics, aircraft mechanics, trained mechanics

mécanique

Étude de la manière dont les forces font bouger les objets ou les maintiennent immobiles.

En anglais simple : The study of how forces make objects move or stay still.

• We study mechanics in physics class.
• Classical mechanics explains the motion of a falling ball.
• She wrote a book about quantum mechanics.

Expressions courantes : classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, study mechanics

fonctionnement, mécanismes

Détails pratiques de la façon dont quelque chose fonctionne ou se réalise.

En anglais simple : The practical details of how something works or is done.

• He explained the mechanics of the game.
• We need to understand the mechanics of voting.
• The basic mechanics are easy to learn.

Comment l'utiliser : the mechanics of something (She described the mechanics of the payment system.)

Synonymes : workings, practical details

Expressions courantes : mechanics of something, basic mechanics, understand the mechanics, game mechanics