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