"there was a three-story building on the corner"
"it was an imposing edifice"
1.大厦;雄伟的建筑物
Anedifice is a large and impressive building.
e.g. The American consulate was a magnificentedifice 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。
2.（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 .
edifice的反义词
e.g. ...anedifice of British constitutional tradition.
英国传统的宪政制度
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1. 高楼大厦(挨地非死)：pyjamas->睡衣(披着没事->没事披着) |edifice->高楼大厦(挨地非死) | jamboree->聚会(江博来)
2. edifice在线翻译
2. 大建筑物：edible 适合食用的 |edifice 大建筑物 | edingtonite 钡沸石
3. 重金属系列：EDB e时代商务系列 |edifice 重金属系列 | FUTURIST 前卫系列
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。
(figurative)an edifice of lies谎话连篇
an imposing edifice一座宏伟的建筑
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。
...an edifice of British constitutional tradition.英国传统的宪政制度
This edifice will bring increase the city's might and magic, making it unusually powerful and prosperous.这座伟大的建筑将为城镇带来力量和魔法, 使之空前强大和兴盛.
Meanwhile the floors tie the inner frame to the outer one, bracing the entire edifice.同时,每层的地板则将内外支架联系在一起, 以撑起整栋建筑.
Temple: edifice constructed for the worship of a deity. Features commonly include a sanctuary and an altar.庙宇: 为崇拜神而建的大建筑. 一般包括一个避难所和祭坛.
He surveyed the edifice from the outside and admired greatly.他从外边打量着大厦,对它赞美备至.
It was an imposing edifice.那是一座雄伟的大厦.
Europe is more of an edifice of the past than the future, said one Chinese commentator.一位中国评论人士表示,欧洲更像是一座过去的建筑,而不是未来的大厦.
In this edifice it was determined I should lodge.他们决定我就住在古庙这所大建筑物里.
So first find the main characteristic upon which your whole ego edifice rests.所以首先找到在你整个自我体系架构中最主要的点.
It is an edifice of the transition period.巴黎圣母院是一种过渡性的建筑物.
The legislature is housed in an impressive granite edifice.立法机构位于一幢引人注目的花岗岩大楼里.
Sara saw with rage and pain the edifice of her love destroyed by that man's falseness.莎拉恼怒而痛苦地看到她用爱筑起的殿堂被那个男人的虚假摧毁.
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt everyday.成功的婚姻是座天天都要重建的大厦.
Intellectual economy edifice is pillar with industrialization of and high science and technology.知识经济大厦是以高新科技产业化为支柱的.
The edifice of legitimations is built upon language as its principal instrumentality.原译:因为合法化需要语言作为工具和基础.而制度秩序的逻辑亦正是益于社会中知识仓储的部分,并被视为当然地存在.
There is a huge Victorian edifice in the area.该地区有一幢维多利亚式的庞大建筑物.
We go into the edifice. I saw so many gift on the stage.我们进入大厦. 我看到好多好多的礼物放在台上.
This edifice is not a type.整座建筑算不上是一种典型.
The Hospice of the Sacred Heart was an enormous edifice, its upper floors in darkness.座落在德利福斯山上的圣心救济院是幢巨大的建筑物, 里面一片漆黑.
But they are still insignificant in the mighty edifice of support.但是这对于坚定的支持以色列的大厦来说是微不足道的.
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.
This song proceeded from the gloomy edifice which towered above the garden.歌声是从园中最高的那所大楼里传来的.
The edifice of legitimations is built upon languages and uses languages as its principle instrumentality.正当性的体系是以语言及语言的使用为主要手段而建立的.
But the firm edifice of Roman power was raised and preserved by the wisdom of ages.但是,罗马权力这个坚固的大厦是靠一代代人的智慧建立并保存的.
Whether this adds up to a cultural renaissance or an edifice contest remains unclear.所有这些表明中国是正在经历一场文化复兴,还是大型建筑竞赛尚需进一步观察.
He had been living..in an edifice of red brick, with granite copings and an enormous fan-light over the door.
出自：H. JamesOne logical slip and an entire scientific edifice comes tumbling down.
出自：R. M. Pirsig
