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  • Derivatives : adj  constructional ; adv  constructionally
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

construction [kən'str^kʃən]
  1. 1. noun [of building] [ road] [ machine] 建造
  2. 2. noun [c] (structure) 建筑
  3. 3. noun [c] (interpretation) 解释
    to be under construction
    [building,road etc+] 建造

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

construction [kənˈstrʌkʃən]
  1. 1. n.[u] 建造建筑
    It can be used on completion of construction and after final checks.
    可以建设完成验收使用
    During the construction we had to take a detour.
    施工期间我们不得不绕路而行。
  2. 2. n.[c] [Grammar] 造句法,句法结构
    Each sentence could be analysed in terms of grammatical construction.
    每个句子可以进行分析语法结构
    I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner.
    我从他笨拙的表达得出结论,他是一个外国人
  3. 3. n.[c] 诠释解释
    The work begins with a philosophical construction of the issue.
    工作以对这件事进行哲学分析开始
  4. 4. n.[c] 结构,构架
    The picture illustrates a brick and timber construction.
    这幅图显示了一种砖木结构
    She wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons.
    她把自己的发型做得非常奇特不仅打着很多卷儿,而且还系着很多发带
  5. 5. n.[c] [Mathematics] 作图
    We use this construction to prove new undecidability results.
    我们使用这个作图证明新的不可判定性结果
    The assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the pythagorean theorem.
    布置作业是作一个可以用于证明毕达哥拉斯定理的图。
  6. 6. n.[c] 解释阐明诠释
    He produced a more sympathetic construction of the nervous woman.
    他为这名紧张妇女做了一个更令人同情解释
    They put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct.
    他们他的行为做出了一种很无情解释
  7. 7. n.[u] 建筑业
    By the sixth century they had mastered advanced timber construction.
    第六世纪他们已经掌握先进使用木材进行建筑的工艺
    Their main business is home construction.
    他的主要业务住宅建设

Collins English-English Dictionary

construction [kən'str^kʃən]
  1. 1. n the process or act of constructing or manner in which a thing is constructed
  2. 2. n the thing constructed; a structure
  3. 3. n the business or work of building dwellings, offices, etc
  4. 4. n (as modifier)
    a construction site
  5. 5. n an interpretation or explanation of a law, text, action, etc
    they put a sympathetic construction on her behaviour
  6. 6. n [grammar] a group of words that together make up one of the constituents into which a sentence may be analysed; a phrase or clause
  7. 7. n [geometry] a drawing of a line, angle, or figure satisfying certain conditions, used in solving a problem or proving a theorem
  8. 8. n an abstract work of art in three dimensions or relief - See also constructivism

Examples

The predominant material used in the construction of this building is glass.
建造这栋大楼的主要材料是玻璃。
Wooden boards are used in construction.
木板常被用于建筑中。
My father works in construction.
我父亲在建筑行业工作。
This is very modern construction.
这是非常现代的建筑样式。
This construction is very old.
这座建筑非常古老。

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