construction
noun
kənˈstrʌkʃən
noun
1
BUILDING STH
建造某物
the
process
of
building
things
such
as
houses,
bridges,
roads
etc
建造，建筑
U
[+
of
]
the
construction
of
a
new
airport
新机场的建造
under
construction
(being
built)
在建造中
The
hotel
is
currently
under
construction.
这家旅馆目前正在建造之中。
a
road
construction
project
道路修建计划
construction
workers
建筑工人
2
MAKING STH FROM MANY PARTS
使用许多部件制作某物
the
process
of
making
something
using
many
parts
建造，构造
U
Work
out
the
exact
design
before
you
start
construction.
开始施工之前要先搞好具体的设计。
3
WAY STH IS MADE
某物的建造方式
the
materials
used
to
build
or
make
something,
or
its
design
and
structure
建筑材料; 建筑结构
U
The
houses
were
partly
timber
in
construction.
这些房子有些部分是木结构的。
External
doors
should
be
of
robust
construction.
外门应该是结构坚固的。
4
A BUILDING/STRUCTURE
建筑/结构
something
that
has
been
built
[正式] 建筑物; 建造物
C | formal
a
modern
construction
一幢现代建筑
5
GRAMMAR
语法
the
way
in
which
words
are
put
together
in
a
sentence,
phrase
etc
〔词在句子或短语等中的〕结构; 句法关系
C
difficult
grammatical
constructions
艰深的语法结构
6
IDEAS/KNOWLEDGE
想法/知识
the
process
of
forming
something
from
knowledge
or
ideas
〔知识或想法等的〕创造，创立，建立
U
the
construction
of
sociological
theory
社会学理论的创立
7
put a construction on sth
to
think
that
a
statement
has
a
particular
meaning
or
that
something
was
done
for
a
particular
reason
[正式] 说明某事物，解释某事物
formal
The
judge
put
an
entirely
different
construction
on
his
remarks.
法官对他的话作了完全不同的解释。