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erect

🇬🇧 UK/i'rekt/🇺🇸 US
IELTSTOEFLGREB2

Definitions

v.

To build or construct a structure; to raise something to an upright position

建造,竖立,树立

adj.

Standing upright or vertically; rigid and pointing upward

直立的,竖直的,笔直的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
eout of, from
+
rectstraight, right
=erect

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Workers will erect the new building within two years.

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