monolith
- n. 整塊石料;龐然大物
詞態(tài)變化
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中文詞源
mono-,單個(gè)的,-lith,石頭,詞源同lithology.即單塊巨石,引申詞義單一龐大的組織。
英文詞源
- monolith
- monolith: see lithograph
- monolith (n.)
- "column consisting of a single large block of stone," 1848, from French monolithe (16c.), from Latin monolithus (adj.) "consisting of a single stone," from Greek monolithos "made of one stone," from monos "single, alone" (see mono-) + lithos "stone." Transferred and figurative use is from 1934.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. A deal between the two powerful institutions would have created a banking monolith.
- 若是這兩個(gè)強(qiáng)大機(jī)構(gòu)之間達(dá)成交易,就會(huì)產(chǎn)生一個(gè)金融業(yè)的巨無(wú)霸。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The monolith, he suggested, was doomed by the tides of history.
- 他指出, 鐵板一塊的觀念是注定要被歷史的潮流所淹沒(méi)的.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 3. The imposing monolith of totalitarian states often obscures their latent weaknesses.
- 極權(quán)國(guó)家外表堂堂的鐵板一塊掩蓋了它們內(nèi)在的虛弱.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. The monolith will gradually be destroyed by these pellets and break down.
- 這些小碎片就會(huì)逐漸破壞里面的塑膠制品,直至最后使其徹底報(bào)廢.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. The kind of waiting, of a monolith, that wears out time.
- 等待的時(shí)候, 一塊石頭的沉重般的心情, 那磨損人的時(shí)間.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)