赵中平、周蔷等人在《中国科技术语》2015年第1期发表《mechanical properties中文名演变过程及定义》一文,认为mechanical properties定名为“力学性能”并不合适,应定名为“机械性能”。文章指出了目前存在的问题,进一步说明了mechanical properties一词的定义。因该文涉及这一术语的概念问题,经作者授权同意,本刊将其主要观点摘录如下: Zhao Zhongping and Zhou Qiang, who published the article entitled “Evolution and Definition of Chinese Characters in Mechanical Properties” in “China Science and Technology Terminology”, No. 1, 2015, think that it is not appropriate to name mechanical properties “mechanical properties” and should be named as “ Mechanical behavior”. The article points out the current problems and further explains the definition of the term mechanical properties. Because of the concept of the term involved in the article, with the author’s authorization, we extract the following key points: