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单词 construction
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constructionnoun

uk/kənˈstrʌk.ʃən/us/kənˈstrʌk.ʃən/

construction noun (BUILDING)

B2 [ U ] the work of building or making something, especially buildings, bridges, etc.:

She works in construction/in the construction industry.
The bridge is a marvellous work of engineering and construction.
This website is currently under construction (= being created).

[ U ] the particular type of structure, materials, etc. that something has:

The bridge is of lightweight construction.

B2 [ C ] a building:

What's that concrete and metal construction over there?

More examples

  • Falling house prices are illustrative of the crisis facing the construction industry.
  • The starting date for the construction work is June 23.
  • The construction of the tunnel is a large and complex undertaking.
  • He called for checks to discover whether corrupt officials are being bribed to connive in shoddy construction.
  • How are we going to pay for the construction work?

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Buildng: construction work & workers

  • brick
  • brick up sth
  • bricklayer
  • brickwork
  • bridge
  • builder
  • develop
  • erect
  • glazier
  • go up
  • improver
  • jerry-built
  • joinery
  • roof
  • roof sth in/over
  • roofer
  • roofing
  • rouseabout
  • scaffolding
  • slate

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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Frames & structures
Buildings in general

construction noun (LANGUAGE)

B2 [ C ] specialized language the way in which the words in a sentence or phrase are arranged:

The writer has used several complex grammatical constructions.

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Linguistic terms & linguistic style

  • affricate
  • allophone
  • anaphor
  • anaphora
  • anaphoric
  • double entendre
  • ellipsis
  • idiomatic
  • irregular
  • lexicology
  • linguistic
  • litotes
  • neurolinguistics
  • parallelism
  • philology
  • portmanteau word
  • semantic
  • semiotics
  • stylistics
  • tone language

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put a construction on sth formal

to understand something in a particular way:

How can they put such a damning construction on a perfectly innocent phrase?

to understand something as having a particular meaning, especially other people's actions and statements:

I don't want them to put the wrong construction on my actions.
See
construe

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Judgments and analyses

  • acquihire
  • analysis
  • appraisal
  • assessment
  • critique
  • heed
  • interpretation
  • job evaluation
  • judgment
  • misjudge
  • notice
  • press
  • prognostication
  • rap
  • rating
  • review
  • self-assessment
  • study
  • time-and-motion study
  • unrated

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