construction
UK/kәn'strʌkʃәn/US
NGSL 2kIELTSTOEFL高考四级六级考研B1
释义
n.
The process or industry of building things
建造,施工;建筑业
n.
Something that has been built; the way something is put together
建筑物;构造方式
n.
The arrangement of words in a sentence; a grammatical pattern
(语法)结构,句式
词根拆分
词根派生con-(一起)+ struct(建)+ -ion(动作/结果)=「把东西建到一起的过程」,或建起来的东西。与 construct 同源,但 -ion 名词指过程和行业——所以 under construction、construction worker 是日常表达。
词根 struct 还连着 18 个词常用搭配
- 1.under construction在建造中
- 2.construction worker建筑工人
- 3.construction site建筑工地
例句
- 1.
The new bridge is still under construction.
新桥还在建造中。
- 2.
He found a job in the construction industry after college.
大学毕业后他在建筑业找到了工作。
- 3.
This grammatical construction is rare in spoken English.
这种语法结构在口语英语中很少见。