edifice

英 ['edɪfɪs] 美 ['ɛdɪfɪs]

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edifice 大厦

来自PIE*aidh, 燃烧，词源同ash, ether. 原指火炉，引申义居住地，大厦。-fice,做，建造。

edifice (n.): late 14c., from Old French edifice "building" (12c.), from Latin aedificium "building," from aedificare "to erect a building," from aedis, variant of aedes "temple, sanctuary," usually a single edifice without partitions, also, in the plural, "dwelling house, building," originally "a place with a hearth" + the root of facere "to make" (see factitious).

Aedis is from PIE *aidh- "to burn" (cognates: Greek aithein "to burn," Sanskrit inddhe "burst into flames," Old Irish aed "fire," Welsh aidd "heat, zeal," Old High German eit "funeral pile"), from root *ai- (2) "to burn" (see ash (n.1)).

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1. 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。

2. 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。

3. 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.

4. Rockfeller critics were fond of accusing him of having an " edifice complex . ": 批评洛克菲勒的人喜欢挖苦他,说他患有建筑狂.