reconstruction

noun

OPAL W

/ˌriːkənˈstrʌkʃn/

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[uncountable] the process of changing or improving the condition of something or the way it works; the process of putting something back into the state it was in before
- the reconstruction of the educational system
- the post-war reconstruction of Germany
- a reconstruction period
Extra Examples
- The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.
- a large-scale urban reconstruction project
- companies bidding for post-war reconstruction contracts
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- major
- complete
- total
- …
verb + reconstruction
- undergo
- undertake
- perform
- …
reconstruction + noun
- period
- effort
- work
- …
phrases
- a reconstruction based on something
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[uncountable] the activity of building again something that has been damaged or destroyed
- the reconstruction of the sea walls
Extra Examples
- surgical reconstruction of his mouth
- reconstruction costs following the cyclone
- breast reconstruction surgery
- The bombed city is now undergoing extensive reconstruction.
Topics Buildingsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- major
- complete
- total
- …
verb + reconstruction
- undergo
- undertake
- perform
- …
reconstruction + noun
- period
- effort
- work
- …
phrases
- a reconstruction based on something
See full entry
[countable] a copy of something that no longer exists
- The doorway is a nineteenth-century reconstruction of Norman work.
Extra Examples
- a historical reconstruction based on contemporary documents
- a life-size reconstruction of a Viking longboat
- a dramatic reconstruction of school life in the 1940s
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- major
- complete
- total
- …
verb + reconstruction
- undergo
- undertake
- perform
- …
reconstruction + noun
- period
- effort
- work
- …
phrases
- a reconstruction based on something
See full entry
[countable] an act of acting out events that are known to have happened, in order to try and get more information or better understanding about what happened, especially a crime
- Last night police staged a reconstruction of the incident.
- The police have staged a reconstruction of the events leading up to the murder.
Topics TV, radio and newsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- major
- complete
- total
- …
verb + reconstruction
- undergo
- undertake
- perform
- …
reconstruction + noun
- period
- effort
- work
- …
phrases
- a reconstruction based on something
See full entry
Reconstruction
[uncountable] (in the US) the period after the Civil War when the southern states returned to the US and laws were passed that gave rights to African Americans
CultureDuring Reconstruction US political and military forces controlled and punished the southern states. Laws were passed making slavery illegal and giving African Americans the right to vote and hold public office. White people in the South were upset by many Reconstruction practices, such as unusual elections that put former slaves in state governments. This was one cause of the growth of the Ku Klux Klan.

单词	reconstruction
释义	reconstruction noun OPAL W /ˌriːkənˈstrʌkʃn/ /ˌriːkənˈstrʌkʃn/ jump to other results [uncountable] the process of changing or improving the condition of something or the way it works; the process of putting something back into the state it was in before the reconstruction of the educational system the post-war reconstruction of Germany a reconstruction period Extra Examples The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war. a large-scale urban reconstruction project companies bidding for post-war reconstruction contracts Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective major complete total … verb + reconstruction undergo undertake perform … reconstruction + noun period effort work … phrases a reconstruction based on something See full entry [uncountable] the activity of building again something that has been damaged or destroyed the reconstruction of the sea walls Extra Examples surgical reconstruction of his mouth reconstruction costs following the cyclone breast reconstruction surgery The bombed city is now undergoing extensive reconstruction. Topics Buildingsc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective major complete total … verb + reconstruction undergo undertake perform … reconstruction + noun period effort work … phrases a reconstruction based on something See full entry [countable] a copy of something that no longer exists The doorway is a nineteenth-century reconstruction of Norman work. Extra Examples a historical reconstruction based on contemporary documents a life-size reconstruction of a Viking longboat a dramatic reconstruction of school life in the 1940s Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective major complete total … verb + reconstruction undergo undertake perform … reconstruction + noun period effort work … phrases a reconstruction based on something See full entry [countable] an act of acting out events that are known to have happened, in order to try and get more information or better understanding about what happened, especially a crime Last night police staged a reconstruction of the incident. The police have staged a reconstruction of the events leading up to the murder. Topics TV, radio and newsc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective major complete total … verb + reconstruction undergo undertake perform … reconstruction + noun period effort work … phrases a reconstruction based on something See full entry Reconstruction [uncountable] (in the US) the period after the Civil War when the southern states returned to the US and laws were passed that gave rights to African Americans CultureDuring Reconstruction US political and military forces controlled and punished the southern states. Laws were passed making slavery illegal and giving African Americans the right to vote and hold public office. White people in the South were upset by many Reconstruction practices, such as unusual elections that put former slaves in state governments. This was one cause of the growth of the Ku Klux Klan.
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