edifice

英 [ˈedɪfɪs]

美 [ˈedɪfɪs]

n. 大厦; 宏伟建筑

复数：edifices　第三人称单数：edifices　

TOEFL GRE TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.14141 / COCA.14677

牛津词典

noun

大厦；宏伟建筑
a large impressive building
1. an imposing edifice
  一座宏伟的建筑
2. Their new manifesto hardly threatens to bring the whole edifice of capitalism crashing down.
  他们新的宣言声称要摧毁整个资本主义大厦，这是不可能的。
3. an edifice of lies
  谎话连篇

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 大厦;雄伟的建筑物
Anedificeis a large and impressive building.
1. The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.
  美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。
N-COUNT （信仰或传统制度的）体系，结构
You can describe a system of beliefs or a traditional institution as anedifice.
1. ...an edifice of British constitutional tradition.
  英国传统的宪政制度

英英释义

noun

a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
1. there was a three-story building on the corner
2. it was an imposing edifice
Synonym:building

双语例句

And finally, the whole edifice would collapse if France was downgraded.
最后一个问题，如果法国的信用评级遭到下调，整个安排都将土崩瓦解。
The Maastricht Treaty of 1992 was the final step in the construction of the European edifice.
1992年的《马斯特里赫特条约》（maastrichttreaty），是这座欧洲大厦建造过程中的最后一步。
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt everyday.
成功的婚姻是一座天天都要重建的大厦。
His theory of justice was elaborate and forms a cornerstone of his philosophical edifice.
他详尽阐述的正义理论形成了其哲学体系的基石。
There was a three-story building on the corner; it was an imposing edifice.
在转角处有一座三层楼的建筑；这真是一所令人难忘的大厦。
Perhaps one will uncover the first tiny flaw in this awesome mathematical edifice.
也许会有人发现这座非凡数学大厦的第一个微小缺陷。
This edifice is not a type.
整座建筑算不上是一种典型。
Even if every one of his doctrines were mistaken, the Summa would remain an imposing intellectual edifice.
即使他的每一个学说都是错误的，《辑要》这书仍将不失为知识上的一座宏伟的大厦。
The whole intellectual edifice, however, collapsed in the summer of last year.
然而，在去年夏天，我的整个理论体系崩溃了。
A grand foundation stone laying ceremony for Asian Packaging Center Edifice was held yesterday.
亚包大厦奠基仪式昨在钱江新城隆重举行。