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| 1 | U the process of building something large or complicated , such as a bridge or road 建造；修筑 |
| +of The company will finance the construction of a new community sports centre. 该公司将投资兴建一座新的社区体育中心。 |
| under construction (=being built) The dam is still under construction. 在建造中 |
| | 1a | the work or business of building things, especially houses and other buildings 建筑业 | | He works in construction. 他从事建筑业。 | | a construction company/worker 建筑公司/工人 | |
| | 1b | the way that something has been built 建造方式；构筑方式 | | houses of brick construction 用砖构筑的房子 | |
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| 2 | C a building or other large structure 建筑物 |
| The cathedral is a fantastic modern construction. 这座大教堂是一座了不起的现代建筑。 |
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| 3 | C/U the way in which words are put together to form a sentence or phrase （句子或词组的）结构；（词的）搭配组合 |
| difficult grammatical constructions 难懂的语法结构 |
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| 4 | U formal the process of creating something such as an idea or system （观念或制度的）构建 |
| Her novel explores the construction of gender roles. 她的小说探讨了性别角色的构建问题。 |
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| 5 | C formal the meaning that you think a word , sentence , phrase , or action has 意义；解释；阐释 |
| put/place a construction on sth We both heard what he said, but she put quite a different construction on it. 我们俩都听见他说的话了，但她的理解很不一样。 |
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