Edifice
[ 'edifis ]
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n. 大建筑物;知识的结构;
📝 例句
an edifice for the worship of a deity.
作为一种崇拜神性的地方。
Rockfeller critics were fond of accusing him of having an "edifice complex."
批评洛克菲勒的人喜欢挖苦他，说他患有建筑狂。
He surveyed the edifice from the outside and admired greatly.
他从外边打量着大厦，对它赞美备至。
add to the edifice of knowledge
扩充知识的体系
There is a huge Victorian edifice in the area.
该地区有一幢维多利亚式的庞大建筑物。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ edi-edit编辑,fice-office办公室:编辑部办公大楼是一座宏伟的建筑物
※ ed-拼音“耳朵”,if-如果,ice-冰:耳朵如果结冰了就要进大厦里暖和一下
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
edifice
n
(fml or joc 文或谑) large or imposing building 高大的或宏伟的建筑物
the ruined edifice on the hill 山上毁坏了的大厦
(fig 比喻) He had high ideals in his youth but gradually the whole edifice crumbled. 他年轻时曾有过崇高的理想, 但渐渐地他的全部希望都破灭了.
🔁 扩展释义
*['edifis]n. 大厦, 大建筑物
📖 同为「公共英语」词汇
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I'm not surprised.
我一点也不觉得奇怪。
Come on now-buck up-face the music-nose to the grindstone.
快振作起来，面对现实，埋头苦干。
This immense chasm has been formed by an underground stream which has tunneled a course through a flaw in the rocks.
这个深邃的洞穴是由一条地下暗泉冲刷岩石中的缝隙并使之慢慢变大而形成的。