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edifice n.大厦；大建筑物；大型支柱 (1) 这栋大厦是工作用的。(2) 该地区有一幢维多利亚式的庞大建筑物。(3) 立法机构位于一幢引人注目的花岗岩大楼里。(4) 他心中的希望整个都毁了。(5) 他详尽阐述的正义理论形成了其哲学体系的基石。 The meaning of edifice has expanded to include a system of ideas––when it is complicated enough to be considered to have walls and a roof, then it is an edifice. You could say that basic facts of addition and subtraction are the foundation on which the edifice of higher math rests.

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英 ['edɪfɪs] 美 ['edɪfɪs] (1) This edifice is used as a working place.(2) There is a huge Victorian edifice in the area.(3) The legislature is housed in an impressive granite edifice.(4) The whole edifice of his hopes was destroyed .(5) His theory of justice was elaborate and forms a cornerstone of his philosophical edifice. Edifice means a building, but it doesn't mean just any building. To merit being called an edifice, a building must be important. A mini temple can be an edifice, or a towering sky scraper. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]大厦；雄伟的建筑物 An edifice is a large and impressive building.   [FORMAL 正式]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。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]（信仰或传统制度的）体系，结构 You can describe a system of beliefs or a traditional institution as an edifice .   [usu with supp]  [FORMAL 正式]...an edifice of British constitutional tradition.英国传统的宪政制度

英语单词	edifice
英美音标	英 ['edɪfɪs] 美 ['edɪfɪs]
中文释义	n.大厦；大建筑物；大型支柱
英语例句	(1) This edifice is used as a working place. (2) There is a huge Victorian edifice in the area. (3) The legislature is housed in an impressive granite edifice. (4) The whole edifice of his hopes was destroyed . (5) His theory of justice was elaborate and forms a cornerstone of his philosophical edifice.
中文例句	(1) 这栋大厦是工作用的。 (2) 该地区有一幢维多利亚式的庞大建筑物。 (3) 立法机构位于一幢引人注目的花岗岩大楼里。 (4) 他心中的希望整个都毁了。 (5) 他详尽阐述的正义理论形成了其哲学体系的基石。
vocabulary简明	Edifice means a building, but it doesn't mean just any building. To merit being called an edifice, a building must be important. A mini temple can be an edifice, or a towering sky scraper.
vocabulary扩展	The meaning of edifice has expanded to include a system of ideas––when it is complicated enough to be considered to have walls and a roof, then it is an edifice. You could say that basic facts of addition and subtraction are the foundation on which the edifice of higher math rests.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]大厦；雄伟的建筑物 An edifice is a large and impressive building. [FORMAL 正式] 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。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（信仰或传统制度的）体系，结构 You can describe a system of beliefs or a traditional institution as an edifice . [usu with supp] [FORMAL 正式] ...an edifice of British constitutional tradition. 英国传统的宪政制度

Edifice Impressive Building System N Count 可数名词 [Formal 正式