He became a construction worker after he left school. 离开学校后,他成为一名建筑工人。
A good learner's dictionary should give both the meanings of the words and examples of the constructions in which they are used. 一本好的学生字典应该既提供词语的含义,又举出应用这些词语的例子。
There are two new houses under construction. 有两座新房子正在修建。
construction
[ noun ]
the act of constructing something
<noun.act> during the construction we had to take a detour his hobby was the building of boats
a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
<noun.communication> I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner
the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
<noun.cognition>
a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
<noun.artifact> the structure consisted of a series of arches she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons
drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
<noun.act> the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem
an interpretation of a text or action
<noun.communication> they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct
the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
<noun.act> their main business is home construction workers in the building trades
Construction \Con*struc"tion\, n. [L. constructio: cf. F. construction.] 1. The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.
2. The form or manner of building or putting together the parts of anything; structure; arrangement.
An astrolabe of peculiar construction. --Whewell.
3. (Gram.) The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; syntactical arrangement.
Some particles . . . in certain constructions have the sense of a whole sentence contained in them. --Locke.
4. The method of construing, interpreting, or explaining a declaration or fact; an attributed sense or meaning; understanding; explanation; interpretation; sense.
Any person . . . might, by the sort of construction that would be put on this act, become liable to the penalties of treason. --Hallam.
Strictly, the term [construction] signifies determining the meaning and proper effect of language by a consideration of the subject matter and attendant circumstances in connection with the words employed. --Abbott.
Interpretation properly precedes construction, but it does not go beyond the written text. --Parsons.
{Construction of an equation} (Math.), the drawing of such lines and figures as will represent geometrically the quantities in the equation, and their relations to each other.
{Construction train} (Railroad), a train for transporting men and materials for construction or repairs.
Since its founding in 1879, lawyers at the firm have helped organize U.S. Steel in the late 1880s, helped plan the construction of the Panama Canal and helped negotiate an end to the Korean War.
The government also reported that construction spending inched up 0.02 percentage point in July and the Index of Leading Economic Indicators rose a modest 0.2 percentage point that month.
The proceeds of the offering would have been used to finance construction of Denver's $2.3 billion airport.
The new transport and construction ministers meet often to try to co-ordinate policy in areas like urban development and infrastructure spending, where their departments were sometimes at loggerheads. This co-operation is the exception at the moment.
Scottish Hydro-Electric rose 1 1/2 to 103 1/2 p on turnover of 8.6m. Kleinwort Benson successfully placed 8.93m new shares in property development and construction company Wilson (Connolly) at 192p.
Eighteen people were arrested in an investigation into attempts by the Mafia to scare off competition for construction contracts.
Mr. McNeill, 50 years old, has been in charge of the company's domestic construction operations.
D'Allest said Arianespace had 30 rockets under construction and was in the process of ordering 50 more.
'There are those in France who say France will disappear in the construction of Europe.
About 80 percent of the economy involves services: banking, the Panama Canal, construction and government work.
In particular, the thrift industry and its associated construction contractors reached into every congressional district.
Twenty-three bodies were found in a dozen construction workers' sheds destroyed by the fire, the report said.
The top four floors of a building under construction collapsed Thursday, burying the basement offices of a furniture factory.
The legislation would continue to fund construction of some 400 dams and harbor and irrigation projects where work has begun, and maintain hundreds of others already in operation.
He says: 'There are conventions of 80,000 people in Atlanta and you don't even notice.' The city recently completed the construction of the Georgia Dome, a 70,500 seat stadium that will be the venue for the 1996 basketball and gymnastics competitions.
Israel has resisted both demands and Shamir's caretaker government has even stepped up settlement construction in recent weeks.
An attempt to quietly remove a nearly century-old stone monument honoring white supremacists has sparked racial tensions and threatens federal funds for a construction project, officials said.
Several previous delays were attributed to construction quality problems.
The economic benefits for the area near Waxahachie will include not only the lucrative construction funds but also an expected research budget of about $270 million annually and 3,500 permanent jobs.
Some meager hope is building for home construction.
European tractor sales are projected to fall to 106,000 units in 1994, down from 181,000 in 1990. Industry-wide sales of construction equipment are flat to lower.
Structural steel is mainly used for the construction industry.
Accompanying Chung, 74, honorary chairman of the giant Hyundai group, will be two executives specializing in civil engineering and plant construction.
Moreover, steelmakers are finding the usually receptive Asian market saturated: Japanese steel buyers are beginning to have excess inventories and the construction boom there seems to be slowing.
"The new government will act under the pressure that at any moment the construction of democracy that only just started can collapse under the economic crisis," he said.
The indictments name 22 people, including reputed Genovese figures, construction company executives and union officials.
Others are under construction in Riverdale, N.Y., and Chevy Chase, Md.
Production of construction supplies declined for the second consecutive month, with a drop of 0.3% in July after a 0.4% drop the month before.
Tucson Electric, Arizona's second-largest electric utility, has been hurt by its investments in real estate and financial services, and has grappled with an apparent excess construction of generating capacity.
Nonbuilding construction, including public works and utilities, was down 7% to $42.4 billion, and homebuilding was down 2% to $109.4 billion.