英语词汇“public works”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

public works n. †(a) deeds done for the public good (obsolete rare); (b) construction or engineering operations carried out by or for the State or local government on behalf of the community.

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1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1549/2 (margin) A great furtherer of all publike works.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. i. 37 Being now earnestly bent and busily occupied about laying the foundations of the Temple, and folowing other publike works in the citie.

1676 in E. D. Neill Virginia Carolorum (1886) 361 For haveing upon specious preferences of publique works raised great unjust taxes [etc.].

1783 B. Franklin Let. 27 July in Wks. (1840) IX. 547 What bridges, Aqueducts, new Roads, and other public Works, Edifices, and Improvements..might have been obtained by spending those millions.

1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. xxxviii. 488 No public-works undertaking can be made economically to suit any purpose whatever when that purpose has only been named without being formulated.

1961 B. Crump Hang on a Minute Mate 65 He was working in a Public Works road gang, clearing slips off roads and digging drains and things.

单词	public works
释义	> as lemmas public works public works n. †(a) deeds done for the public good (obsolete rare); (b) construction or engineering operations carried out by or for the State or local government on behalf of the community. ΚΠ 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1549/2 (margin) A great furtherer of all publike works. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. i. 37 Being now earnestly bent and busily occupied about laying the foundations of the Temple, and folowing other publike works in the citie. 1676 in E. D. Neill Virginia Carolorum (1886) 361 For haveing upon specious preferences of publique works raised great unjust taxes [etc.]. 1783 B. Franklin Let. 27 July in Wks. (1840) IX. 547 What bridges, Aqueducts, new Roads, and other public Works, Edifices, and Improvements..might have been obtained by spending those millions. 1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. xxxviii. 488 No public-works undertaking can be made economically to suit any purpose whatever when that purpose has only been named without being formulated. 1961 B. Crump Hang on a Minute Mate 65 He was working in a Public Works road gang, clearing slips off roads and digging drains and things. extracted from publicadj.n. < as lemmas
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