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Monolith N Count 英[ˈmɒnəlɪθ 美[ˈmɑnəlɪθ N.独块巨石,整体塑制品 尤指古代竖立的)单块巨石,独石柱 Large Upright

单词 monolith
音标
英[ˈmɒnəlɪθ] 美[ˈmɑnəlɪθ]
解释
n.独块巨石,整体塑制品;
例句

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(尤指古代竖立的)单块巨石,独石柱
A monolith is a very large, upright piece of stone, especially one that was put in place in ancient times.

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庞大而僵化的组织;单一庞大的体系
If you refer to an organization or system as a monolith, you are critical of it because it is very large and very slow to change, and it does not seem to have different parts with different characters.
例:A deal between the two powerful institutions would have created a banking monolith.若是这两个强大机构之间达成交易,就会产生一个金融业的巨无霸。
变形
pl:monoliths~adj:monolithic~

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