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monolith

英 ['mɒn(ə)lɪθ] 美 ['mɑnə'lɪθ]

解释

n. 整块石料；庞然大物

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中文词源

monolith 单块巨石，单一庞大的组织

mono-,单个的，-lith,石头，词源同lithology.即单块巨石，引申词义单一庞大的组织。

英文词源

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.

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例句和用法

1. A deal between the two powerful institutions would have created a banking monolith.: 若是这两个强大机构之间达成交易，就会产生一个金融业的巨无霸。

2. The monolith, he suggested, was doomed by the tides of history.: 他指出, 铁板一块的观念是注定要被历史的潮流所淹没的.

3. The imposing monolith of totalitarian states often obscures their latent weaknesses.: 极权国家外表堂堂的铁板一块掩盖了它们内在的虚弱.

4. The monolith will gradually be destroyed by these pellets and break down.: 这些小碎片就会逐渐破坏里面的塑胶制品,直至最后使其彻底报废.

5. The kind of waiting, of a monolith, that wears out time.: 等待的时候, 一块石头的沉重般的心情, 那磨损人的时间.