| 单词 | bridge-building work | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasbridge-building work   Used attributively with the sense ‘of, belonging, or relating to bridge-building’ (literally or figuratively), ‘involved or engaged in bridge-building’; as  bridge-building programme,  bridge-building work, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > 			[adjective]		 > promotion of friendly relations bridge-building1845 1845    Builder 18 Oct. 497/2 		(heading)	  				The bridge-building fraternities in the middle ages. 1931    J. S. Huxley What dare I Think? vi. 199  				There is no such instinct, any more than there is..a bridge-building instinct. 1946    Jrnl.-Every Evening 		(Wilmington, Delaware)	 18 June 71/1  				The National Conference of Christians and Jews is a bridge-building organization. 1967    N.Y. Times 1 Mar. 1/2  				The Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced the Administration's East–West bridge-building program today by approving the United States–Soviet consular treaty. 2006    Independent 29 Nov. 3/1  				The Rev. Andrew Rawding's activities are just one example..of the kind of bridge-building work which goes on beneath the radar in Northern Ireland. < as lemmas | 
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