construction

[kən'strʌkʃən]

n.建设, 结构, 建筑物, 建造, 构造, 解释

n.

1. 建造, 建设; 建造术[U]

The new school is still under construction.

新学校还在建造中。

2. 建筑物, 建造物[C]

The building is a construction of wood.

这是木质结构的建筑。

3. 【语】句法关系, 句法结构[C]

You will soon learn when to use this kind of construction.

你不久就会学会何时该用这种句法结构。

4. 解释, 意义[C]

Let's put a good construction on her conduct first.

让我们对她的行为先作一个善意的解释吧。

词形变化

形容词: constructional | 副词: construc-tionally |

词义辨析

同义:

n.建设, 构造

building  erection  architecture  tectonics  fabrication  manufacture  production  formation  fashioning  moulding  shaping  forging  raising  assembling  framing  putting up  manufacturing

n.建筑物, 结构, 布景

structure  framework  build  form  composition  constitution  organization  arrangement  make-up  design  format  layout  style  assembly

n.解释, 推定

explanation  explication  exegesis  translation  interpretation  reading  rendering  analysis  commentary  rendition  

同义参见:

institution  edifice  texture  

反义:

n.建设

destruction  demolition  ruination  wreck  smash  

英英释义

名词 construction:

the act of constructing something

同义词：building

the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones

同义词：building

a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

同义词：structure

a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

同义词：grammatical construction, expression

the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought

同义词：mental synthesis

an interpretation of a text or action

同义词：twist

drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem

补充

constructionconstruction英:[kənˈstrʌkʃən] 美:[kənˈstrʌkʃən]n.1.建造, 建设; 建筑业There are two new hotels under construction.有两家新饭店正在兴建。He works in construction.他在建筑行业工作。2.建造物, 建筑物The building is a peculiarly shaped construction.这是一栋造形独特的建筑物。3.解释, 意思Please do not put a wrong construction on her action.请不要误解她的行为。4.结构, 句法关系A learner's dictionary should give both the meanings of words and examples of the constructions in which they are used.一本学生词典应该既提供词语的含义, 又举出应用这些词语的例子。

例句

1. the construction of the Panama Canal巴拿马运河的修建 2. He'd already started construction on a hunting lodge.他已经开始建造一个狩猎屋。 3. A wall collapsed while the building was under construction.楼房还在施工时一堵墙塌了。 4. the only nuclear power station that is under construction in Britain英国唯一一座在建核电站 5. companies who have long experience in the construction of those types of equipment长期制造此类设备的公司 6. With the exception of teak, this is the finest wood for boat construction.除了柚木外, 这是造船用的最好木料。 7. the construction of a just system of criminal justice一个公正的刑事审判体系的建立 8. a steel-and-glass construction that served as a bus shelter用作公交候车亭的钢筋玻璃建筑物 9. The Shakers believed that furniture should be plain, simple, useful, practical, and of sound construction.震颤派教徒认为家具应当朴素、简洁、有用、实用, 并且结构结实。 10. The chairs were light in construction yet extremely strong.这些椅子结构轻巧, 但很牢固。 11. The floors are of timber construction.这些地板是木质结构。 12. Quincy wants a job in construction.昆西想在建筑行业谋个职。 13. Avoid complex verbal constructions.避免使用复杂的动词结构 14. He put the wrong construction on her remarks.他误解了她的话。 15. They put a sympathetic construction on her behaviour.他们同情她的做法。 16. a construction foreman一个建筑工头 17. He was a construction worker on the Channel Tunnel.他是修建英法海底隧道的一名建筑工人。 18. there was a skyscraper under construction.一座摩天大楼正在建造中。 19. the mill is of brick construction.这座磨坊是砖结构的。 20. language plays a large part in our construction of reality.语言在我们对现实的建构中起很大的作用。 21. you could put an honest construction upon their conduct.你能对他们的行为作出诚实的解释。 22. sentence construction.句法结构。 23. He works in the construction industry.他从事建筑业。 24. The new pyramid was a construction of glass and steel.新的金字塔用玻璃和钢建成。 25. a grammatical construction语法结构 26. construction of the new bridge will begin in the spring.新的桥梁将于春季开始修建。 27. construction on the bridge will occur daily from 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m.桥梁施工将于每天晚上8点开始，凌晨4点结束。 28. The new school is now under construction. [=is now being built]新学校正在建设之中。 29. construction costs/equipment/materials建筑成本/设备/材料 30. They haven't chosen a construction site for the building yet. [=they haven't decided where the building will be built yet]他们还没选好建楼的地点。 31. “What do you do for a living?” “I'm in construction.” [=I do work that involves building things]“你是做什么工作的？”“我是搞建筑的。” 32. the construction industry建筑业 33. Note the similar construction of the buildings.注意这些建筑相似的建造方式。 34. I like these binoculars because of their sturdy construction. [=because they are strongly built]我喜欢这些双筒望远镜，因为它们构造结实。 35. "Some people think it is wrong to end a sentence with a preposition, but the construction is quite common in English."有些人认为以介词结尾的句子是错误的，但这种结构在英语中却非常普遍。 36. That verb is commonly used in passive constructions.那个动词一般用于被动结构。 37. This word is used in positive/negative constructions.这个单词用于肯定/否定结构。 38. His ideas were pivotal in the construction of a new way to understand time and space.在创立理解时空的新方法上，他的观点非常关键。 39. Don't put a negative construction on what I said: [=don't understand what I said in a negative way]不要从反面理解我的话。 40. a broad/strict construction [=interpretation] of the Constitution对美国宪法的广义/狭义解释