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erect vt.使竖立；建立；建造adj.直立的；竖立的；笔直的 (1) 他们在山脚下支起了帐篷。(2) 这个市镇将为该城的战斗英雄们立个纪念碑。(3) 六个警察着手建立一道路障。(4) 人类建造城市在反复无常的大自然中庇护自己。(5) 她昂着头，把背挺得笔直。(6) 对狗而言,竖立起来的尾巴表示进攻。(7) 士兵们训练站得笔直。 Erect comes from the Latin word erectus, meaning “upright, elevated, lofty” or “eager, alert, aroused.” Erect is a verb, as in, it will take you years to erect your replica of the Eiffel Tower using only gum and toothpicks. Erect is also an adjective, as in something that is tall, firm, straight or rigid, like a half-dead plant that becomes more erect when you water it.

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英 [ɪ'rekt] 美 [ɪ'rekt] (1) They erected their tent at the foot of the mountain.(2) The town will erect a monument to its war heroes .(3) Six policemen started to erect a roadblock.(4) Humans erect cities to shelter themselves from nature's capricious ways.(5) She held her head erect and her back straight.(6) For a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression.(7) Soldiers are trained to stand erect. Erect means "build" or "upright." If you erect a house, you build it. If you stand erect, you hold your body as tall as possible. 1[VERB 动词]建造；建筑；设置 If people erect something such as a building, bridge, or barrier, they build it or create it.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]Opposition demonstrators have erected barricades in roads leading to the parliament building...反对派示威者已经在通往国会大厦的道路上设置了路障。The building was erected in 1900-1901...这座建筑建于1900到1901年间。We all unconsciously erect barriers against intimacy.我们都会无意中对他人的亲近有所设防。2[VERB 动词]建立（体制）；创建（机构）；创立（理论） If you erect a system, a theory, or an institution, you create it.   [V n]Japanese proprietors are erecting a complex infrastructure of political influence throughout America...日本商人正在美国各地建立复杂的、具有政治影响力的基础结构。He erected a new doctrine of precedent.他创立了一套新的判例原则。...the whole edifice of free trade which has been erected since the Second World War.第二次世界大战以来形成的整个自由贸易体系3[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]直立的；竖直的 People or things that are erect are straight and upright. Stand reasonably erect, your arms hanging naturally...挺身站直，双臂自然下垂。Her head was erect and her back was straight.她抬头挺胸。...the short, stiff, erect stems of almost bead-like blue flowers.酷似小珠子的蓝色小花坚挺的短花茎

英语单词	erect
英美音标	英 [ɪ'rekt] 美 [ɪ'rekt]
中文释义	vt.使竖立；建立；建造 adj.直立的；竖立的；笔直的
英语例句	(1) They erected their tent at the foot of the mountain. (2) The town will erect a monument to its war heroes . (3) Six policemen started to erect a roadblock. (4) Humans erect cities to shelter themselves from nature's capricious ways. (5) She held her head erect and her back straight. (6) For a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression. (7) Soldiers are trained to stand erect.
中文例句	(1) 他们在山脚下支起了帐篷。 (2) 这个市镇将为该城的战斗英雄们立个纪念碑。 (3) 六个警察着手建立一道路障。 (4) 人类建造城市在反复无常的大自然中庇护自己。 (5) 她昂着头，把背挺得笔直。 (6) 对狗而言,竖立起来的尾巴表示进攻。 (7) 士兵们训练站得笔直。
vocabulary简明	Erect means "build" or "upright." If you erect a house, you build it. If you stand erect, you hold your body as tall as possible.
vocabulary扩展	Erect comes from the Latin word erectus, meaning “upright, elevated, lofty” or “eager, alert, aroused.” Erect is a verb, as in, it will take you years to erect your replica of the Eiffel Tower using only gum and toothpicks. Erect is also an adjective, as in something that is tall, firm, straight or rigid, like a half-dead plant that becomes more erect when you water it.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]建造；建筑；设置 If people erect something such as a building, bridge, or barrier, they build it or create it. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] Opposition demonstrators have erected barricades in roads leading to the parliament building... 反对派示威者已经在通往国会大厦的道路上设置了路障。 The building was erected in 1900-1901... 这座建筑建于1900到1901年间。 We all unconsciously erect barriers against intimacy. 我们都会无意中对他人的亲近有所设防。 2 [VERB 动词]建立（体制）；创建（机构）；创立（理论） If you erect a system, a theory, or an institution, you create it. [V n] Japanese proprietors are erecting a complex infrastructure of political influence throughout America... 日本商人正在美国各地建立复杂的、具有政治影响力的基础结构。 He erected a new doctrine of precedent. 他创立了一套新的判例原则。 ...the whole edifice of free trade which has been erected since the Second World War. 第二次世界大战以来形成的整个自由贸易体系 3 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]直立的；竖直的 People or things that are erect are straight and upright. Stand reasonably erect, your arms hanging naturally... 挺身站直，双臂自然下垂。 Her head was erect and her back was straight. 她抬头挺胸。 ...the short, stiff, erect stems of almost bead-like blue flowers. 酷似小珠子的蓝色小花坚挺的短花茎

Erect Ed Stand Head Back Straight Build Verb