The breakdown was due to a mechanical failure.

抛锚是机械故障造成的。

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Data recorders also pinpoint mechanical faults rapidly, reducing repair times.

数据记录仪器也能很快查明机械故障，减少维修时间。

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This is the oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

这是世界上最古老的还可以使用的机械钟。

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Seventy-eight-year-old Richard Stowe has a mechanical pump inside his chest that keeps blood flowing throughout his body.

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If you make Jell-o and you make it right, then once it's set or gelled, it has mechanical properties.

如果你用正确方法做出了吉露果冻,它一旦凉下来定了型,就有了机械性能

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This is a story about mechanical objects, -- some of which move-- -- remember those smiling houses in the background-- and some of which are stationary, but they're all mechanical objects.

这是一个关于会活动的，机械的故事-,还记得那些作为背景微笑的房子吗？,它们不会动但也都是机械的东西。

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This time, he topped the electrical- and mechanical-engineering category and won fifteen thousand dollars.

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"Anytime you go in the lane and you see a 7-footer, you think twice about it, " saidThomas Fabian, a sophomore mechanical-engineering major who is generously listed at 5-foot-11.

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The X-5's triple Shake Reduction (SR) system couples the PENTAX-developed mechanical sensor-shift-type SR mechanism with a digital SR mode for stills or movie SR mode for video to more effectively compensate for camera shake.

ENGADGET: Pentax intros X-5 superzoom camera with 26x lens, tiltable LCD