monolith

英 ['m?n(?)l?θ] 美['mɑn?'l?θ]
  • n. 整塊石料;龐然大物

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詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?monoliths;形容詞:?monolithic;

助記提示


1、mono- + lith-.

中文詞源


monolith 單塊巨石,單一龐大的組織

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.

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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.

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