| 单词 | structural |
| 释义 | structural (once / 1516 pages) adj When you're talking about something structural you're talking about the way it's built. The simple look of a building can mask its complex structural design. A skeleton is the structural framework of a body. While we all look different on the outside, for the most part, we all share the same structural components — we're built the same way. Some buildings, such as the Eiffel Tower, reveal their structural design completely. They are nothing but structure. Other buildings work hard to hide their structural qualities. You can discuss the structural nature of ideas too, as in "structural economics" or even human relationships. WORD FAMILYstructural: nonstructural, structuralism, structurally USAGE EXAMPLESThe industry hasn’t changed all that much, in a structural sense. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) They are the weak spots that threaten the structural integrity of Trump’s political project and the fortunes of the Republican Party itself. Slate(Dec 29, 2016) New structural and flood-level requirements enacted after the storm meant starting from scratch with the design. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj relating to or having or characterized by structure structural engineer structural errors structural simplicity 2adj affecting or involved in structure or construction the structural details of a house such as beams and joists and rafters structural damage Syn functional designed for or capable of a particular function or use 3adj concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study Syn constructive constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development 4adj relating to or caused by structure, especially political or economic structure structural unemployment in a technological society 5adj pertaining to geological structure structural effects of folding and faulting of the earth's surface Syn geomorphologic, geomorphological, morphologic, morphological 6adj relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals Syn morphologic, morphological |
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