- [uncountable]
the process or method of building or making something, especially roads, buildings, bridges, etc. 建築；建造；施工 Construction began this year and will take approximately 18 months. 今年開始施工，大約需要18個月。 the costs of road construction and maintenance 道路建設和維護費用 Work has begun on the construction of the new airport. 新機場的修建已經開工。 the construction of a new database 新數據庫的建立 - under construction
Our new offices are still under construction (= being built). 我們的新辦公樓尚在修建中。 - during construction
Ethernet cabling was installed during construction. 施工期間安裝了以太網電纜。 the construction industry 建築業 construction work/workers 建築工程/工人 a construction company/firm 建築公司/公司 construction projects/costs/materials 建築項目/成本/材料
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsb2Construction of the new road has now been completed. 新公路的建設現已完工。 Major engineering challenges will be faced during construction. 建設過程將面臨重大的工程問題。 The drainage system needs careful construction. 排水系統需要精細的構造。 the heavy construction industry 大型建築業
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- massive
- basic
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- begin
- start
- complete
- …
- be underway
- industry
- market
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- during (the) construction
- under construction
- [uncountable]
the people and activities involved in making buildings （理念、觀點和知識的）創造，創立，建立 50 000 more jobs will go from construction in the next five years. 在未來五年内，建築業將增加5萬個就業崗位。
- [uncountable, singular]
the way that something has been built or made 建造（或構造）的方式 The bridges are similar in construction. 這些橋在結構上相似。 ships of steel construction 鋼結構船 It has a basic construction of brick under a tiled roof. 這是一座簡易的瓦頂磚砌建築。
Synonyms structurestructure- framework
- form
- composition
- construction
- fabric
- structure the way in which the parts of something are connected together or arranged; a particular arrangement of parts:
the structure of the building/human body 建築物／人體結構 the social structure of society 社會的社會結構 the grammatical structures of a language 一種語言的語法結構 a salary structure 工資結構
- framework a set of beliefs, ideas or rules that forms the basis of a system or society:
The report provides a framework for further research. 報告提供了進一步研究的原則。
- form [U] the arrangement of parts in a whole, especially in a work of art or piece of writing:
As a photographer, shape and form were more important to him than colour. 作爲攝影師，形狀和結構對他來說比顔色更重要。
- composition [U] (rather formal) the different parts or people that combine to form something; the way in which they combine:
recent changes in the composition of the workforce 勞動力組合最近的變化
- construction [U] the way that something has been built or made:
ships of steel construction 鋼結構船
- fabric (rather formal
) the basic structure of a society or an organization that enables it to function successfully: 指社會、機構等的基本結構： This is a trend which threatens the very fabric of society. 這趨勢威脅社會的基本結構。
- the basic structure/framework/form/composition/construction/fabric of something
- a simple/complex structure/framework/form
- the economic/political/social structure/framework/composition/fabric of something
- the chemical/genetic structure/composition of something
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsb2The earliest Greek temples were small buildings, simple in construction. 最早的希臘神殿是一些結構簡單的小建築物。 walls of solid construction 結構堅固的牆 a schoolhouse of brick construction 用磚砌成的校舍
- [countable] (formal)
a thing that has been built or made 建造物；構築物；制成物 Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsb2a massive steel construction 巨型鋼結構建築 a two-storey brick construction 兩層的磚建築 massive constructions of bamboo and paper 竹和紙制成的巨大物體
- [countable]
the way in which words are used together and arranged to form a sentence, phrase, etc. （句子、短語等的）結構 grammatical constructions 語法結構
- [uncountable, countable]
the creating of something from ideas, opinions and knowledge （理念、觀點和知識的）創造，創立，建立 the construction of a new theory 新理論的創立 changes in the social construction of marriage 婚姻的社會意義的改變
- [countable] (formal)
the way in which words, actions, statements, etc. are understood by somebody （對詞語、行爲、陳述等的）解釋，說明，理解
of roads/buildings道路；建築物
building/structure建築；結構
grammar語法
of theory, etc.理論等
meaning含義
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin constructio(n-), from construere ‘heap together’, from con- ‘together’ + struere ‘pile, build’.