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ed.i.fice5ed7I7fIsn [C] fmla large building, esp. a splendid one, or (fig.) a system which has been established for a long time(正式用语)建筑物, 大厦;[喻]长期确立的体制, 系统The town hall is the only edifice surviving from the fifteenth century.市政厅是唯一一座从15世纪遗留下来的建筑。(fig.) It looks as if the whole political edifice of the country is about to collapse.看来这个国家的政治体制就如整座大厦那样即将倒塌。
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