| 单词 | construction |
| 释义 | constructionconstruction /kənˈstrʌkʃən/ ●●○ AWL noun 1BUILDING something [uncountable] the process of building something large such as a building, bridge, or road: construction of Construction of the new highway will begin soon. construction workers Protective clothing must be worn by everyone visiting the construction site (=the place where something is being built). A new water treatment plant is now under construction (=being built).2MAKING something FROM MANY PARTS [uncountable] the process of building or making something using many parts: Read the instructions carefully before beginning construction of the model.3WAY something IS MADE the materials used to build or make something, or its design and structure: The houses were partly timber in construction.of simple/strong/wooden etc. construction The native people live in wooden huts of simple construction.4A BUILDING/STRUCTURE [countable] formal something that has been built: a strange construction of metal and glass5GRAMMAR [countable] eng. lang. arts the way in which words are put together in a sentence, phrase, etc.: complex grammatical constructions6IDEAS/KNOWLEDGE [uncountable] the process of forming something from knowledge or ideas: the construction of sociological theory7MATH [countable] the process or result of drawing a geometric figure (=angle, shape, etc.) using only a straightedge and a compass8put 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 the man’s remarks.—constructional adjective |
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