单词 | constructional |
释义 | constructioncon‧struc‧tion /kənˈstrʌkʃən/ ●●○ AWL noun Entry menu MENU FOR constructionconstruction1 building something2 making something from many parts3 way something is made4 a building/structure5 grammar6 ideas/knowledge7 put a construction on something ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorthe process of building houses, roads etc► construction Collocations the process or method of building large public buildings, bridges, roads etc: · The firm deals mainly in road construction.construction on: · Construction on the tunnel will begin in April.construction of: · Construction of the dam is nearly complete.under construction: · About 3,000 housing units are under construction in the city.construction industry: · The construction industry has been severely affected by the recession. ► building the process or business of building houses: · There has been an increase in new-home building in recent months.· It was the invention of pre-stressed concrete that really transformed building techniques.building industry: · Thousands of workers in the building industry will lose their jobs as a result of cutbacks. WORD SETS► Grammarabbr., abbreviate, verbabbreviation, nounabstract noun, nounaccusative, nounactive, adjectiveadj., adjective, nounadv., adverb, nounadverbial, adjectiveaffix, nounantecedent, nounapposition, nounarticle, nounaspect, nounattributive, adjectiveaux., auxiliary, nounauxiliary verb, nouncase, nouncausal, adjectiveclause, nouncollective noun, nouncommon noun, nouncomparative, adjectivecomparison, nouncomplement, nouncomplex, adjectivecompound, nounconcord, nounconcrete noun, nounconditional, adjectiveconditional, nounconj., conjugate, verbconjugation, nounconjunction, nounconnective, nounconstruction, nouncontinuous, adjectivecontraction, nouncoordinate, adjectivecoordinating conjunction, nouncopula, nouncountable, adjectivecount noun, noundative, noundeclension, noundefinite article, noundemonstrative, adjectivedemonstrative pronoun, noundependent clause, noundeterminer, noundirect discourse, noundirect object, noundirect speech, noundisjunctive, adjectiveditransitive, adjectivedouble negative, noun-ed, suffixending, noun-est, suffix-eth, suffixfeminine, adjectivefinite, adjectiveform, nounfunction word, nounfuture, adjectivegender, noungenitive, noungerund, noungradable, adjectivegrammar, noungrammarian, noungrammatical, adjectivehistoric present, nounhomonym, nounhomophone, nounimperative, adjectiveimperative, nounimpersonal, adjectiveindefinite article, nounindependent clause, nounindicative, nounindicative, adjectiveindirect discourse, nounindirect object, nounindirect speech, nouninfinitive, nouninflect, verbinflected, adjectiveinflection, noun-ing, suffixintensifier, nouninterjection, nouninterrogative, adjectiveinterrogative, nounintransitive, adjectivelinking verb, nounmain clause, nounmasculine, adjectivemodal, nounmodal auxiliary, nounmodal verb, nounmodifier, nounmodify, verbmood, nounn., neuter, adjectivenominal, adjectivenominative, nounnon-finite, adjectivenon-restrictive, adjectivenoun, nounnumber, nounobject, nounparse, verbparticipial, adjectiveparticiple, nounparticle, nounpartitive, nounpart of speech, nounpassive, adjectivepassivize, verbpast, adjectivepast participle, nounpast perfect, nounperfect participle, nounperiphrasis, nounpersonal pronoun, nounphrasal verb, nounphrase, nounpl., plural, nounplural, adjectiveplurality, nounpossessive, adjectivepossessive, nounpredeterminer, nounpredicate, nounpredicative, adjectiveprefix, nounprefix, verbprep., preposition, nounprepositional phrase, nounpres., present participle, nounprogressive, adjectivepronominal, adjectivepronoun, nounproper noun, nounpunctuate, verbpunctuation, nounqualifier, nounquantifier, nounquestion tag, nounreflexive, adjectiveregular, adjectiverelative clause, nounrelative pronoun, nounreported speech, nounrestrictive clause, nounroot, nounrule, nounrun-on sentence, nounsecond person, nounsemicolon, nounsentence, nounsentence adverb, nounsingular, adjectivesolecism, nounsplit infinitive, nounstative, adjectivestem, nounsubject, nounsubjective, adjectivesubjunctive, nounsubordinate clause, nounsubstantive, nounsuffix, nounsuperlative, adjectivesyntactic, adjectivesyntax, nountag, nountense, nountransitive, adjectiveuncountable, adjectivev., variant, nounverb, nounverbal, adjectivevocative, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYconstruction + NOUN► the construction industry Phrases· The construction industry had a hard time during the recession. ► a construction company/firm· It’s the largest construction company in Mexico. ► a construction worker· Thousands of construction workers are out of work. ► construction work· Construction work on the new road is expected to take two years. ► a construction site (=an area where something is being built)· Safety is very important on a construction site. ► a construction project/programme· There are always a lot of large construction projects in Dubai. ► construction materials· expensive construction materials like cement and steel ► construction costs· The total construction costs will reach £125 million. verbs► be under construction (=be being built)· A new road is currently under construction. ► begin/start construction· Developers are planning to begin construction on a new housing project. ► complete construction· We expect to complete construction in January. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a building/construction boom (=a sudden increase in building work)· There’s been a recent construction boom in the Gulf. ► a software/catering/construction etc business· His girlfriend runs a catering business. ► a construction project· Spending on new construction projects has been reduced. ► a building/construction site· He has worked on various building sites. ► a construction worker (=someone who builds buildings, bridges etc) COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► large· The influx of large numbers of construction workers had inevitably caused disruption in the nearby villages, especially the closest, Stogursey.· On a large construction project, for example, the estimating process begins with the decision to submit a bid.· This wrote off the need for any large new harbour construction.· Companies from across Northern Ireland entered four categories-large construction, small construction; residential housing, and civil engineering.· The Wyeth project is one of the largest construction jobs currently being undertaken in Ireland.· They also, of course, govern linguistic units larger than words - idioms, phrases, and larger constructions. ► new· And so will a number of other measures, including new designs and construction for all kinds of incinerators.· In the valley, new construction snakes along the branches of the Gallatin River.· The valuation reflects estimates of the costs of the most appropriate modern method of new construction of the network.· Want to buy underpriced apartments in a glamorous location that has few vacancies and little competition from new construction?· All the expense is incurred during development of a new construction program, rather than in the manufacturing process itself.· At the formal operational level, internal reflection can result in new knowledge-new construction.· This wrote off the need for any large new harbour construction.· The firm based its rankings on occupancy, rents, affordability, renter demand and new construction. ► social· Such terminology will undoubtedly continue to change as social constructions of disability evolve.· As the deconstructionists remind us, all human knowledge is situated in particular social constructions.· There is in this du Transvestites and transsexuals do not challenge the social construction of gender.· The gender differences explored here are social constructions that have had influence in certain mainstream discourses.· Gender should never be used as a bottom line explanation because it is a social construction needing explanation itself.· The forms of organization, power, control, coercion, and all modes of social construction are the focus.· Post-war Britain offers a suitable period in which to apply the concept of the social construction of old age.· What it means to be social is a construction. NOUN► company· The construction company denied being involved.· He eventually formed his own construction company.· Its interests run to hotels, construction companies and dabbling in currency futures.· Engineering and construction company Tomoe Corp., for example, is up 13 percent.· He worked as an engineer with a construction company and lived quietly with girlfriend Lorna Burns in Eltham, south London.· But construction companies can not afford to pay top dollar, never mind the double rate required by Davis-Bacon, to novices.· He worked for Boeing and various construction companies. ► costs· Nuclear power stations are notoriously unreliable and construction costs go way over original estimates.· They track and control construction costs to avoid cost overruns.· Total construction costs are projected to reach Ir £125m.· In the ant's case, construction costs are further reduced by building the nest out of the living bodies of workers.· The city then could use the money to help pay back the construction costs of the new stadium.· This has already resulted in substantial savings in our construction costs, selling expenses and overheads. ► industry· We know that Western armaments, engineering and construction industries gain.· That massive government spending has helped the construction industry survive the downturn.· Unless training continues, the future of the construction industry will be in jeopardy.· Again, standing alone this evidence is not probative of any discrimination in the local construction industry....· I pay tribute to the efforts of the construction industry training board.· It was a means of social improvement along narrowly defined routes, usually connected with the construction industry.· For instance, millions have been laid off in the construction industry.· As will become clear tonight, the construction industry still suffers from the irresponsible cuts imposed by the Government. ► manager· He was previously construction manager at Shepherd.· The architectural study by Hellmuth-Obata-Kassabaum would be used by construction managers to develop a more specific cost estimate by spring.· Advancement opportunities for construction managers vary depending upon the size and type of company for which one works.· Land has been cleared and some work started under a preliminary agreement with the construction manager in December.· That prompted college trustees last month to threaten legal action if the architect and construction manager did not help resolve the problems.· Employment of construction managers is sensitive to the short-term nature of many construction projects and cyclical fluctuations in construction activity.· I tell you, he has about the same interest as the construction manager. ► material· The decree exempted a list of raw and construction materials and production and technical goods, which would remain at fixed prices.· Many employers provide formal training programs to broaden inspectors' knowledge of construction materials, practices, and techniques.· The construction materials division, which employs more than 4,200 people, is to be floated as a separate company.· The recordings will be used to verify the sturdiness of station construction materials.· The straightness of the rods and the plant's natural pliability made it a valuable construction material for early settlers.· I then did a 25-week Class Two basic trade course as a construction materials technician. ► project· Many construction projects will involve some element of loan finance.· This will be referred to in more detail in connection with recent developments in financing construction projects.· However, he said there is an open issue of how such a construction project would be financed.· Construction managers plan, budget, and direct the construction project.· To rebuild after the devastation, will require huge construction projects.· Streets and sidewalks are blocked by mammoth construction projects. ► road· Most transport investment has gone on road construction and not on public transport.· Clearance for cultivation threatens the islands' tropical forests and brings with it road construction, settlement and damage to water supplies.· The Zignego family, road construction, Milwaukee, $ 5, 000.· Meanwhile, funding for road construction, as well as other transportation alternatives, has declined.· Inevitably, road construction was done at night in downtown, around ten when I was getting ready to go to sleep. ► site· The opening of a nuclear construction site is a major event in the economic and social life of a region.· Also, construction sites, mines, farms and landfills will be required to boost their efforts to reduce dust.· Some guides use their climbing and rope skills to work on oil rigs or construction sites.· The men worked hard in the stockyards, nearby factories, breweries, and construction sites.· Occasionally he earns a couple of dollars at a construction site, barely enough to feed his wife and three children.· I know that, as a teenager, he was caught stealing copper pipe from a construction site and put in jail.· These numbers are exceptional for a construction site.· Moreover, the company establishes mobile child-care units to assist workers in its construction sites. ► work· These local planning authorities must give planning permission before construction work can begin on these roads.· Back in the United States he supported himself by doing construction work while trying to publish short stories and novels.· Would you believe our biggest grouse in the sixties was about the noise of construction work?· This often requires a large amount of architectural design and construction work.· Mr. Michael J. Martin Naval construction work of this type will obviously lead to work for subcontractors.· Bechtel will manage much of the project but not engage in any construction work.· When the Ashleys needed help with construction work he could borrow farm tractors for them.· Inspectors generally specialize in one particular type of construction work or construction trade, such as electrical work or plumbing. ► worker· There would be lots of jobs; 2,500-odd construction workers would spend money in shops and pubs and local businesses.· There were about 500 construction workers renovating the tower when the fire broke out.· Consequently, the fall in demand for building materials and construction workers will generate downward multiplier effects on other types of investment.· These barracks were for the temporary quartering of overseas construction workers.· Rodia, an untrained construction worker and a free-thinking anarchist, died in 1965.· The construction workers first noticed the beautiful blonde driving the convertible.· The fatality incidence rates per 100,000 stands at 11.5 compared with 4.2 for self-employed construction workers. VERB► allow· Language is sufficiently flexible to allow the construction of an infinite variety of singular terms which do not designate any entity.· The ruling party is considering introducing a bill to allow national construction bonds to be used.· Once the required level of consolidation is reached the surcharge material will be removed to allow the construction work to begin.· This divides the site into seven plots, allowing phased construction.· This would allow the construction teams to roll forward from the first stage due to open in November.· This allows the construction of a riskless hedge in which the pay-offs are the same regardless of the outcome.· What does seem likely is that MASSMoCA's commissioners will petition the governor to release funds incrementally to allow construction to begin. ► begin· Work also begins on planning the construction of a bridge.· Only the building industry is happy as nursing home construction begins to equal prison construction.· Work began on the construction of the school in December and the first brick has already been laid.· Gap plans to begin construction on that site sometime within the next five years, Hashagen said.· In 532 Justinian began the construction on a breath-taking scale of the imperial church of Saint Sophia.· The partners began construction on the plant in March 1995.· Drepung Loseling lamas will simultaneously begin construction of a Medicine Buddha sand mandala. ► build· We have the experience to build that sort of construction, and the technology.· The Banu Taqif had built a construction around... a square rock.· Timber used on building sites for construction purposes such as shuttering and formers is usually discarded - often just burnt.· Despite these soaring levels of homelessness, hardly any affordable housing is being built even though the construction industry is calling for jobs. ► involve· Photography us involved in the construction of history.· What is involved is the construction of something qualitatively different from the mere sum of the national organizations.· This would involve the construction of approximately 20 new reactors.· Finally, the liability of a person involved in the construction process. ► use· You will need two Vero Plugblocks if using this method of construction - one for the transmitter and one for the receiver.· Example 4: Four middle infants were making a castle using a construction kit.· The architectural study by Hellmuth-Obata-Kassabaum would be used by construction managers to develop a more specific cost estimate by spring.· These two scenarios do not cover all eventualities: it is quite possible to build a thermally lightweight house using masonry construction.· Plate steel is used in the construction and machinery markets.· Nevertheless, the children also demonstrated an ability to use because and so constructions appropriately.· A portion of the proceeds would be used to fund construction of the memorial. PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► put a construction on something Word family
WORD FAMILYnounconstructionreconstructionconstructorconstructverbconstructreconstruct 1building something [uncountable] the process of building things such as houses, bridges, roads etcconstruction of the construction of a new airportunder construction (=being built) The hotel is currently under construction. a road construction project construction workers2making something from many parts [uncountable] the process of making something using many parts: Work out the exact design before you start construction.3way something is made [uncountable] the materials used to build or make something, or its design and structure: The houses were partly timber in construction. External doors should be of robust construction.4a building/structure [countable] formal something that has been built: a modern construction5grammar [countable] the way in which words are put together in a sentence, phrase etc: difficult grammatical constructions6ideas/knowledge [uncountable] the process of forming something from knowledge or ideas: the construction of sociological theory7put a construction on something formal to think that a statement has a particular meaning or that something was done for a particular reason: The judge put an entirely different construction on his remarks.—constructional adjectiveCOLLOCATIONSconstruction + NOUNthe construction industry· The construction industry had a hard time during the recession.a construction company/firm· It’s the largest construction company in Mexico.a construction worker· Thousands of construction workers are out of work.construction work· Construction work on the new road is expected to take two years.a construction site (=an area where something is being built)· Safety is very important on a construction site.a construction project/programme· There are always a lot of large construction projects in Dubai.construction materials· expensive construction materials like cement and steelconstruction costs· The total construction costs will reach £125 million.verbsbe under construction (=be being built)· A new road is currently under construction.begin/start construction· Developers are planning to begin construction on a new housing project.complete construction· We expect to complete construction in January. |
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