1 [C,U] the way that the parts of sth are put together or organized 结构;组织:
the political and social structure of a country国家的政治及社会结构the grammatical structures of a language语言的语法结构
2 [C] a building or sth that has been built or made from a number of parts 建筑物:
The old office block had been replaced by a modern glass structure. 旧办公大楼已由一座新式玻璃墙建筑物所代替。 ➔structural /ˈstrʌktʃərəl ||; ˈstrʌktʃərəl/ adj
structure²
/ˈstrʌktʃə(r) ||; ˈstrʌktʃɚ/verb
[T] to arrange sth in an organized way 组织;安排:
a carefully-structured English course细心编排的英语课程