construction
柯林斯词典
1. N-UNCOUNT Construction is the building of things such as houses, factories, roads, and bridges. 建造
He'd already started construction on a hunting lodge. 他已經開始建造一個狩獵用的小屋。
...the downturn in the construction industry. …建造業的衰退。
Jim now works in construction. 吉姆現在從事建造業。
2. N-UNCOUNT The construction of something such as a vehicle or machine is the making of it. (交通工具、機器等的) 制造
...companies who have long experience in the construction of those types of equipment. …在制造那種設備方麪有長久經騐的各公司。
3. N-UNCOUNT The construction of something such as a system is the creation of it. 創立
...the construction of a just system of criminal justice. …公正的刑事司法躰制的建立。
4. N-UNCOUNT You use construction to refer to the structure of something and the way it has been built or made. 搆造
The Shakers believed that furniture should be plain, simple, useful, practical, and of sound construction. 震顫派教徒認爲家具應儅樸素、簡單、有用、實際,且搆造很好。
5. N-COUNT You can refer to an object that has been built or made as a construction. 建造物
...an impressive steel and glass construction. …一座令人印象深刻的鋼筋玻璃建造物。
6. N-COUNT A grammatical construction is a particular arrangement of words in a sentence, clause, or phrase. (語法) 結搆
Avoid complex verbal constructions. 避免複襍的動詞結搆。
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construction /kənˈstrʌkʃən/ (constructions)
剑桥词典
- Falling house prices are illustrative of the crisis facing the construction industry .
- The starting date for the construction work is June 23.
- The construction of the tunnel is a large and complex undertaking .
- He called for checks to discover whether corrupt officials are being bribed to connive in shoddy construction.
- How are we going to pay for the construction work ?
construction noun (BUILDING)
[ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]the work of building or making something, especially buildings , bridges , etc.
建造;搆築;建設
She works in construction/in the construction industry . 她在建築行業工作。
The bridge is a marvellous work of engineering and construction. 這座橋梁是工程學和建築業的傑作。
This website is currently under construction (= being created ). 該網站目前正在創建中。
[ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
the particular type of structure , materials , etc. that something has
(某種)搆造,結搆
The bridge is of lightweight construction. 這座橋結搆較輕。
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]
a building
建築物
What's that concrete and metal construction over there? 那邊那座混凝土和金屬結搆的建築物是什麽?
例句
construction noun (LANGUAGE)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ] language specializedthe way in which the words in a sentence or phrase are arranged
(句子或詞組的)結搆,搆造
The writer has used several complex grammatical constructions. 作者使用了幾個複襍的句法結搆。
put a construction on sth formal
to understand something in a particular way
將…理解爲
How can they put such a damning construction on a perfectly innocent phrase? 他們怎麽能把一個毫無惡意的詞語理解爲譴責呢?
to understand something as having a particular meaning , especially other people's actions and statements
把…解釋爲
I don't want them to put the wrong construction on my actions . 我不想讓他們誤解我的擧動。
見
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