monument

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Architecturemonumentmon‧u‧ment /ˈmɒnjəmənt $ ˈmɑː-/ noun [countable] 1 AAa building, statue, or other large structure that is built to remind people of an important event or famous person → memorial He erected a monument on the spot where his daughter was killed.monument to a fitting monument to the men who died in the battle2 AAa very old building or place that is important historically Ancient monuments are protected by law.3 → be a monument to somebody/something → national monumentExamples from the Corpusmonument• The development of polio vaccines, present and future, is a monument to several important things.• Still, this cement and glass monument to eavesdropping will likely remain off the tourist maps for many years to come.• A landowner could have his monument protected if he wished but he might prefer to maltreat it or destroy it completely.• Ellis Island is preserved as a historic monument.• At daybreak or dusk, the pyramids most resemble the limestone monuments seen by the old explorers.• Memorial monuments usually celebrate triumphs rather than the state's decimation of cultures and peoples.• These are the monuments to generations of individual farmers ploughing and draining their fields.• Arnold Kaech, chairman of the Schilthornbahn, decided to replace the monument.Origin monument (1200-1300) Latin monumentum, from monere “to remind”

单词	monument
释义	monument From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Architecturemonumentmon‧u‧ment /ˈmɒnjəmənt $ ˈmɑː-/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 AAa building, statue, or other large structure that is built to remind people of an important event or famous person → memorial He erected a monument on the spot where his daughter was killed.monument to a fitting monument to the men who died in the battle2 AAa very old building or place that is important historically Ancient monuments are protected by law.3 → be a monument to somebody/something → national monumentExamples from the Corpusmonument• The development of polio vaccines, present and future, is a monument to several important things.• Still, this cement and glass monument to eavesdropping will likely remain off the tourist maps for many years to come.• A landowner could have his monument protected if he wished but he might prefer to maltreat it or destroy it completely.• Ellis Island is preserved as a historic monument.• At daybreak or dusk, the pyramids most resemble the limestone monuments seen by the old explorers.• Memorial monuments usually celebrate triumphs rather than the state's decimation of cultures and peoples.• These are the monuments to generations of individual farmers ploughing and draining their fields.• Arnold Kaech, chairman of the Schilthornbahn, decided to replace the monument.Origin monument (1200-1300) Latin monumentum, from monere “to remind”
随便看	outside interests etc outside interests/experiences etc outside line etc outside line/call etc outside of outside of somebody/something outside shareholder outside the domain of outside the purview of outside the scope of outside working hours outside/within the domain of something/somebody outsider outsize outsized outskirts outsmart outsold outsource outsourcing outspend outspoken outspoken critic outspoken opponent outspread