reconstruction
UK/.ri:kәn'strʌkʃәn/US
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Definitions
n.
The act of building something again after damage
重建，重修
n.
A recreation or model of a past event or thing based on evidence
（依据证据的）复原，再现
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedre-again, back
+
con-together, with
+
-ionact, process, state
=reconstruction
re- (again) + construction = building again. Beyond literal rebuilding, it covers piecing a past event back together from evidence — a crime reconstruction stacks the known facts back into the original sequence.
Root struct still carries 18 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.post-war reconstruction战后重建
- 2.facial reconstruction面部复原
- 3.historical reconstruction历史复原
- 4.reconstruction project重建项目
Example Sentences
- 1.
Post-war reconstruction took the country decades.
- 2.
Detectives presented a reconstruction of the crime.