edifice
US /ˈed.ə.fɪs/
UK /ˈed.ə.fɪs/
1.
大廈, 宏偉建築
a building, especially a large, imposing one
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The ancient edifice stood majestically on the hill.
那座古老的宏偉建築雄偉地矗立在山頂上。
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The new museum is a modern edifice of glass and steel.
新博物館是一座由玻璃和鋼鐵構成的現代建築。
2.
體系, 結構, 大廈
a complex system of beliefs
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The entire edifice of his argument collapsed under scrutiny.
他論點的整個體系在審查下崩潰了。
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The legal edifice of the country was built on centuries of tradition.
該國的法律體系建立在數百年的傳統之上。