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