late 14c., from Old French edifice "building" (12c.), from Latin aedificium "building," from aedificare "to erect a building," from aedis, variant of aedes "temple, sanctuary," usually a single edifice without partitions, also, in the plural, "dwelling house, building," originally "a place with a hearth" + the root of facere "to make" (see factitious).
Aedis is from PIE *aidh- "to burn" (cognates: Greek aithein "to burn," Sanskrit inddhe "burst into flames," Old Irish aed "fire," Welsh aidd "heat, zeal," Old High German eit "funeral pile"), from root *ai- (2) "to burn" (see ash (n.1)).
edifice 英文释义
1. a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place;
"there was a three-story building on the corner"
"it was an imposing edifice"
edifice 双语例句
1. Their new manifesto hardly threatens to bring the whole edifice of capitalism crashing down.
他们新的宣言声称要摧毁整个资本主义大厦，这是不可能的。
来自《权威词典》
2. The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.
美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。
来自辞典例句
3. He surveyed the edifice from the outside and admired greatly.
他从外边打量着大厦,对它赞美备至.
来自辞典例句
4. Rockfeller critics were fond of accusing him of having an " edifice complex . "
批评 洛克菲勒 的人喜欢挖苦他,说他患有建筑狂.
来自辞典例句
5. There is a huge Victorian edifice in the area.
该地区有一幢维多利亚式的庞大建筑物.
来自辞典例句
edifice 实用场景例句
(figurative)Their new manifesto hardly threatens to bring the whole edifice of capitalism crashing down.
他们新的宣言声称要摧毁整个资本主义大厦，这是不可能的。
牛津词典
(figurative)an edifice of lies
谎话连篇
牛津词典
an imposing edifice
一座宏伟的建筑
牛津词典
The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.
美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
...an edifice of British constitutional tradition.
英国传统的宪政制度
柯林斯高阶英语词典
This edifice will bring increase the city's might and magic, making it unusually powerful and prosperous.
这座伟大的建筑将为城镇带来力量和魔法, 使之空前强大和兴盛.
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Meanwhile the floors tie the inner frame to the outer one, bracing the entire edifice.
同时,每层的地板则将内外支架联系在一起, 以撑起整栋建筑.
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Temple: Edifice constructed for the worship of a deity. Features commonly include a sanctuary and an altar.
庙宇: 为崇拜神而建的大建筑. 一般包括一个避难所和祭坛.
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He surveyed the edifice from the outside and admired greatly.
他从外边打量着大厦,对它赞美备至.
辞典例句
It was an imposing edifice.
那是一座雄伟的大厦.
期刊摘选
Europe is more of an edifice of the past than the future, said one Chinese commentator.
一位中国评论人士表示,欧洲更像是一座过去的建筑,而不是未来的大厦.
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In this edifice it was determined I should lodge.
他们决定我就住在古庙这所大建筑物里.
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So first find the main characteristic upon which your whole ego edifice rests.
所以首先找到在你整个自我体系架构中最主要的点.
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It is an edifice of the transition period.
巴黎圣母院是一种过渡性的建筑物.
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The legislature is housed in an impressive granite edifice.
立法机构位于一幢引人注目的花岗岩大楼里.
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Sara saw with rage and pain the edifice of her love destroyed by that man's falseness.
莎拉恼怒而痛苦地看到她用爱筑起的殿堂被那个男人的虚假摧毁.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt everyday.
成功的婚姻是座天天都要重建的大厦.
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Intellectual economy edifice is pillar with industrialization of and high science and technology.
知识经济大厦是以高新科技产业化为支柱的.
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The edifice of legitimations is built upon language as its principal instrumentality.
