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  • Conjugation : past  structured ; ing  structuring
  • Derivatives : adj  structureless
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

structure ['str^ktʃər]
  1. 1. noun [of organization] [ society] [ book etc] 体系
  2. 2. noun [c] (building) 建筑物
  3. 3. vt. 安排

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

structure [ˈstrʌkʧər]
  1. 1. n.[c] 建筑物
    The structure consisted of a series of arches.
    那个建筑物一连串拱门组成
  2. 2. n.[u] 结构构成构造
    Artists must study the structure of the human body.
    画家必须研究人体的构造
  3. 3. n.[c] 知识体系
    His lectures have no structure.
    他的演讲没有章法
  4. 4. n.[u] 生理结构身体结构
    He has good bone structure.
    他的骨架结构良好
  5. 5. n.[c] 机构组织
    Sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family.
    社会学家们研究家庭结构变化
  6. 6. vt. 使形成结构组织组建
    I need to structure my days.
    需要安排一下我的时间

Collins English-English Dictionary

structure ['str^ktʃə]
  1. 1. n a complex construction or entity
  2. 2. n the arrangement and interrelationship of parts in a construction, such as a building
  3. 3. n the manner of construction or organization
    the structure of society
  4. 4. n [Biology] morphology; form
  5. 5. n [chem] the arrangement of atoms in a molecule of a chemical compound
    the structure of benzene
  6. 6. n [geology] the way in which a mineral, rock, rock mass or stratum, etc, is made up of its component parts
  7. 7. n [now rare] the act of constructing
  8. 8. vt. [tr] to impart a structure to
  9. 9. vt. [Etymology] C15: from Latin structura, from struere to build

Examples

the intimate structure of the atom
原子的内部结构
parallel structure
对句结构
a solid structure
坚固的建筑物
the structure of the atom
原子结构
the structure of society
社会结构
In most of the older buildings, the weight of the structure is carried by certain load-bearing walls.
一些老式建筑,房子的重量是由承重墙支撑的。
There's no career structure, you have to create your own.
并没有什么职业模式,你得创造出你自己的。
The structure reform in our company will be initiated soon.
我们公司的结构改革很快就会开始。
How shall we proceed with our structure reform?
我们的机构改革该怎么开始呢?
The architectural structure of the Temple of Heaven is unique.
天坛的建筑造型很独特。

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