con·struc·tion
noun OPAL W
/kənˈstrʌkʃn/
/kənˈstrʌkʃn/
- [uncountable] the process or method of building or making something, especially roads, buildings, bridges, etc.
建筑；建造；施工 - Construction began this year and will take approximately 18 months.
施工今年已经开始，大约将需要 18 个月。 - the costs of road construction and maintenance
道路建设和养护费用 - Work has begun on the construction of the new airport.
新机场的修建已经开工。 - the construction of a new database
新数据库的建立 - under construction Our new offices are still under construction (= being built).
我们的新办公楼尚在修建中。 - during construction Ethernet cabling was installed during construction.
以太网布线是在施工期间安装的。 - the construction industry
建筑业 - construction work/workers
建筑工程／工人 - a construction company/firm
建筑公司/公司 - construction projects/costs/materials
建设项目/成本/材料
Wordfinder- cement
- construction
- foundation
- girder
- joist
- masonry
- plaster
- rubble
- scaffolding
- site
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsb2- Construction of the new road has now been completed.
新公路的建设现已完工。 - Major engineering challenges will be faced during construction.
建设过程将面临重大的工程问题。 - The drainage system needs careful construction.
排水系统需要精细的构造。 - the heavy construction industry
大型建筑业
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- massive
- basic
- …
- begin
- start
- complete
- …
- be underway
- industry
- market
- sector
- …
- during (the) construction
- under construction
- Construction began this year and will take approximately 18 months.
- [uncountable] the people and activities involved in making buildings
建筑业 - 50 000 more jobs will go from construction in the next five years.
未来五年，建筑业将再失去 5 万个就业岗位。
- 50 000 more jobs will go from construction in the next five years.
- [uncountable, singular] the way that something has been built or made
建造（或构造）的方式 - The bridges are similar in construction.
这些桥的构造相似。 - ships of steel construction
钢结构船 - It has a basic construction of brick under a tiled roof.
这是一座简易的瓦顶砖砌建筑。
Synonyms structurestructureframework ▪ form ▪ composition ▪ construction ▪ fabricThese are all words for the way the different parts of something combine together or the way that something has been made.structure the way in which the parts of something are connected together or arranged; a particular arrangement of parts:- the structure of the building/human body
建筑物／人体结构 - the social structure of society
社会的社会结构 - the grammatical structures of a language
一种语言的语法结构 - a salary structure
工资结构
- The report provides a framework for further research.
报告提供了进一步研究的原则。
- As a photographer, shape and form were more important to him than colour.
作为摄影师，形状和结构对他来说比颜色更重要。
- recent changes in the composition of the workforce
劳动力组合最近的变化
- ships of steel construction
钢结构船
- This is a trend which threatens the very fabric of society.
这趋势威胁社会的基本结构。
- the basic structure/framework/form/composition/construction/fabric of something
- a simple/complex structure/framework/form
- the economic/political/social structure/framework/composition/fabric of something
- the chemical/genetic structure/composition of something
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsb2- The earliest Greek temples were small buildings, simple in construction.
最早的希腊神殿是一些结构简单的小建筑物。 - walls of solid construction
结构坚固的墙 - a schoolhouse of brick construction
用砖砌成的校舍
- The bridges are similar in construction.
- [countable] (formal) a thing that has been built or made
建造物；构筑物；制成物 - The summer house was a simple wooden construction.
那座避暑别墅是简单的木结构建筑。
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsb2- a massive steel construction
巨型钢结构建筑 - a two-storey brick construction
两层的砖建筑 - massive constructions of bamboo and paper
竹和纸制成的巨大物体
- The summer house was a simple wooden construction.
- [countable] the way in which words are used together and arranged to form a sentence, phrase, etc.
（句子、短语等的）结构 - grammatical constructions
语法结构
- grammatical constructions
- [uncountable, countable] the creating of something from ideas, opinions and knowledge
（理念、观点和知识的）创造，创立，建立 - the construction of a new theory
新理论的创立 - changes in the social construction of marriage
婚姻的社会意义的改变
- the construction of a new theory
- [countable] (formal) the way in which words, actions, statements, etc. are understood by somebody
（对词语、行为、陈述等的）解释，说明，理解 - What construction do you put on this letter (= what do you think it means)?
你对这封信如何理解？ - ruling on the proper construction to be given to section 78 of the Act
就该法令第78条作出正确解释的裁决 - a strict construction of the clause
对该条款的狭义解释
- What construction do you put on this letter (= what do you think it means)?
of roads/buildings
building/structure
grammar
of theory, etc.
meaning
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin constructio(n-), from construere ‘heap together’, from con- ‘together’ + struere ‘pile, build’.