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单词 construction
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Buildings under construction have an amazing way of visually shrinking and expanding.The demand for steel in construction is set to be slow for the rest of this year.The two men had been partners in a construction business.But the grammar depends on the sentence construction.We have huge demand for housing and we need to encourage the construction industry to build.There was also intensive construction work at the wind park during the past two years.The regional fire service spokesman said that the people trapped inside were construction workers.You have acquired a mastery of complex grammatical constructions.Within the industry it was a challenge to think imaginatively and tackle the growing costs of construction.Her father was head of a construction business and at weekends she visited building sites with him.And that it will do much more than just construction.The construction industry is in splendid shape.The first visit was cancelled because construction work was due to take place in your area.Other items were found at the site by construction workers.One ray of hope: the president has decided to encourage the construction of new nuclear plants.This movement was more significant than any change in the cracks caused by the Tube line construction.This has helped house prices to recover, as well as the construction and building industries.That construction is quite complex, but the meaning is clear and the choice of pronoun is right.After that he worked for the family firm in Calcutta, supplying construction sites with steel.The Government is also eager to provide sufficient incentives for the construction of new nuclear plants in Britain.There is no doubt that the language is changing, and rightly so, but sloppy sentence construction must be stopped.The construction equipment firm said sales for the first half of 2015 were down 43 per cent on the same period last year.

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construction

British English: construction /kənˈstrʌkʃən/ NOUN
Construction is the building or creating of something.
A new school is under construction.
  • American English: construction
  • Arabic: إِنْشَاء
  • Brazilian Portuguese: construção
  • Chinese: 建筑
  • Croatian: gradnja
  • Czech: stavba
  • Danish: opførelse
  • Dutch: constructie
  • European Spanish: construcción
  • Finnish: rakentaminen
  • French: construction
  • German: Struktur
  • Greek: κατασκευή
  • Italian: costruzione
  • Japanese: 建設
  • Korean: 건설
  • Norwegian: konstruksjon
  • Polish: budowa
  • European Portuguese: construção
  • Romanian: construcție
  • Russian: сооружение
  • Latin American Spanish: construcción
  • Swedish: konstruktion
  • Thai: การก่อสร้าง
  • Turkish: yapma
  • Ukrainian: будівництво
  • Vietnamese: xây dựng

All related terms of 'construction'

Chinese translation of 'construction'

construction

(kənˈstrʌkʃən)

n

  1. (u) [of building, road, machine] 建造 (jiànzào)
  2. (c) (= structure) 建筑(築) (jiànzhù) (, zuò)
  3. (c) (= interpretation) 解释(釋) (jiěshì) (种(種), zhǒng)
    to be under construction [building, road etc] 建造中 (jiànzào zhōng)
(noun) 
Definition
the act of constructing or manner in which a thing is constructed
With the exception of teak, this is the finest wood for boat construction.
Synonyms
building
He supervised the building of the temporary stand.
assembly
They are famous for their self assembly furniture range.
creation
He said all sides were committed to the creation of a democratic state.
formation
The formation of my character and temperament.
composition
These plays are arranged in order of their composition.
erection (formal)
the erection of temporary fencing to protect hedges under repair
fabrication
More than 200 improvements were made in the design and fabrication of the shuttle.
(noun) 
Definition
something that has been constructed
The British pavilion is an impressive steel and glass construction.
Synonyms
structure
The house was a handsome four-storey brick structure.
building
They were on the upper floor of the building.
edifice
a list of historical edifices she must not fail to visit
form
Valleys often take the form of deep canyons.
figure
A figure appeared in the doorway.
shape
the shapes of the trees against the sky
(noun) 
Definition
an interpretation
(formal) 
He put the wrong construction on what he saw.
Synonyms
interpretation
The Opposition put a different interpretation on the figures.
meaning
I became more aware of the symbols and their meanings.
reading
There is a reading of this situation which upsets people.
sense
a noun which has two senses
explanation
The president has given no explanation for his behaviour.
rendering
a rendering of Verdi's Requiem
take (informal)
inference
There were two inferences to be drawn from her letter.
(noun) 
Definition
the act of constructing or manner in which a thing is constructed
Avoid complex verbal constructions.
Synonyms
composition
Materials of different composition absorb and reflect light differently.
structure
The chemical structure of this particular molecule is very unusual.
arrangement
an imaginative flower arrangement

Additional synonyms

in the sense of arrangement
Definition
the form in which things are arranged
an imaginative flower arrangement
Synonyms
display,
grouping,
system,
order,
ordering,
design,
ranging,
structure,
rank,
organization,
exhibition,
line-up,
presentation,
array,
marshalling,
classification,
disposition (archaic),
alignment,
setup (informal)
in the sense of assembly
Definition
the act of assembling
They are famous for their self assembly furniture range.
Synonyms
putting together,
joining,
setting up,
manufacture,
construction,
building up,
connecting,
erection (formal),
piecing together,
fabrication,
fitting together
in the sense of creation
Definition
a creating or being created
He said all sides were committed to the creation of a democratic state.
Synonyms
setting up,
development,
production,
institution,
foundation,
constitution,
establishment,
formation,
laying down,
inception,
origination

Synonyms of 'construction'

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