1 [U] the act or method of building or making sth 建造;修筑;施工:
A new bridge is now under construction.一座新桥正在施工。He works in the construction industry.他从事建筑业。
2 [C] (formal 正式) something that has been built or made; a building 建筑物;造成的东西:
The new pyramid was a construction of glass and steel.新的金字塔用玻璃和钢建成。
3 [C] the way that words are used together in a phrase or sentence 词句的结构:
a grammatical construction语法结构
construction/kənˋstrʌkʃən; kənˈstrʌkʃ$n/n 1 [U] the process of building something such as a house, bridge, or road 建造﹐建筑: +of the construction of a new airport 新机场的建造under construction (=being built) 在建造中 The hotel is under construction. 酒店正在建造中。a road construction project 一项道路修筑计划2 [C] formal something that has been built【正式】建筑物﹔建造物: a wooden construction 一座木结构建筑3 [C] the way in which words are put together in a sentence〔句子的〕结构: difficult grammatical constructions 难懂的语法结构
constructionconstructionconstructionsnoun1(no plural) building something: the construction of a new airport2(pluralconstructions) (formal) something that people have built