construction

英 [kən'strʌkʃn] 美 [kən'strʌkʃn]

• n. 建设；结构；建筑物；建造；构造；解释

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]建造,建设

   action or manner of constructing; being constructed

2. [C]建造物,建筑物

   thing constructed; building

3. [C]造句法

   way in which words are put together to form a phrase, clause or sentence

4. [C]解释,意思

   sense in which words, statements, etc. are to be understood; meaning

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 建设
2. 解释
3. 建筑
4. 建造物
5. 结构
6. 建筑物
7. 句法结构
8. 建造
9. 构造
10. 建造术
11. 意义
12. 架设
13. 铺设
14. <文>句法关系
15. 设计
16. 工程
17. 建筑法
18. 构造法
19. 【戏】搭置
20. 布景

英英释义

Noun:

1. the act of constructing something;

   "during the construction we had to take a detour"
   "his hobby was the building of boats"
   

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

   "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"
   

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

4. a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts;

   "the structure consisted of a series of arches"
   "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
   

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

   "the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem"
   

6. an interpretation of a text or action;

   "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"
   

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

   "their main business is home construction"
   "workers in the building trades"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. China is striding ahead in her economic construction.
   中国正在经济建设方面大步前进。
2. It is an object of simple construction.
   它是一个简单结构的物体。
3. The cathedral is a fantastic modern construction.
   那个教堂是奇特的现代建筑。
4. The new airport is still under construction.
   新机场仍在修建中。
5. The building was of bizarre construction.
   这建筑构造奇异。
6. This page is still under construction.
   此页还在构造之中。
7. I was inclined to put a favorable construction on his reply.
   我总是对他的回答作出很好的解释。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Our economic construction is vivid with life.
   我们的经济建设生气勃勃。
2. We sent a lot of people there to help in the construction.
   我们派了很多人到那里去帮助建设。
3. Now we are faced with the task of construction, and must master all modern knowledge before anything else.
   现在我们面临着建设的任务,首先必须掌握现代知识。
4. New construction is sharply down.
   新工程急速地减少。
5. The construction was begun in August last year and was completed last month.
   这项工程开始于去年8月,上个月落成。
6. The ground had to be levelled before construction could begin.
   必须先平好地才能开始施工。
7. The cold weather slowed down the construction of the bridge.
   寒冷的天气使建桥工程进行缓慢。
8. We celebrated the construction of the reservoir.
   我们庆祝水库的建成。
9. They gave preference to oil prospecting over the construction of ports.
   他们决定钻探石油,不建海港。
10. A chair is an object of simple construction.
    椅子是结构简单的物件。
11. This dictionary gives the meanings of words and also illustrates the constructions they can be used in.
    这本词典提供词义解释,并举例说明遣词造句的方法。
12. On the same collection of evidence each of the witnesses had put a different construction.
    面对同一证据,每位证人都有不同的看法。
13. This sentence does not bear such a construction.
    这句话并不含有那样的意思。
14. Heavy snow hindered construction work.
    大雪阻碍了建筑工程的进展。
15. We must hurry up with the construction work so that we can finish it before the rainy season sets in.
    我们要加快速度,争取在雨季到来之前完成这项建筑工程。

经典引文

• The ablative absolute as a construction in English.

  出自： M. McCarthy

词汇搭配

• construction management 施工管理
• put a wrong construction on 对 ... 进行曲...
• block construction 部件结构,大型砌块建...
• construction plan 结构图,施工图...
• construction program 施工程序
• composite construction 组合结构
• construction site 工地
• tubular construction 筒形结构
• construction procedure 施工程序
• welded construction 焊接结构
• mixed construction 混合结构
• modular construction 部件结构
• construction cost 工程费用
• construction material 结构材料
• frame construction 框架结构
• shell construction 薄壳结构,壳体结构,...
• construction work 施工工程
• construction equipment 施工设备
• construction joint 工作缝,施工缝,构造...
• sandwich construction 夹心结构,夹层构造,...

词语用法

1. construction与reconstruction区别：construction是“建设”，而reconstruction是“重建”。例：urban construction（城市建设）,capital construction（基本建设）；
2. constructional work和construction work都指“建筑工程”，但前者较常见；
3. constructional worker和construction worker都指“建筑工人”，但后者较常见。

n. (名词)

1. construction的基本意思是“建造,建设”,常用于指抽象的事物，如经济建设、现代化建设等。用于具体事物时表示某一“建造物,建筑物”,还可表示建筑物的“结构”,引申用于文学中可表示短语、句子等的“结构”,即“造句法”。construction用于正式文体中还可表示“解释,意思”,常与介词on〔upon〕连用。
2. construction在句中有时可用作定语修饰其他名词。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

in construction, under construction

• 这两个短语的意思完全不同,前者是“从事建筑业”,后者是“在建设中”。试比较:
• He is in construction. 他从事建筑业。
• The new railway is still under construction. 那条新铁路正在建设中。

词源解说

• ☆ 15世纪中期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的constructionem：come (一起） + struere(堆积），意为堆在一起。

近反义词

【近义词】

• building
• constructure

【反义词】

• wreck 使…失事
• destruction 破坏
• demolition 破坏
• misconstruction 曲解
• ruination 毁灭