edifices

英 [ɛˈdɪfɪsɪz]

美 [ˈɛdəfəsɪz]

n.  大厦; 宏伟建筑
edifice的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 大厦;雄伟的建筑物
  Anedificeis a large and impressive building.
  1. 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。
• N-COUNT （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.
  1. ...an edifice of British constitutional tradition.
     英国传统的宪政制度

双语例句

• Decaying cities filled with huge, looming edifices cast shadows on the destitute and the damned.
  满是巨大的海市蜃楼般大厦的腐朽城市，投下困乏黯淡、令人厌恶的阴影。
• Being far from the source rocks, reservoirs needing to be transformed by weathering, poor effectiveness of traps, and the traps in shield-volcano edifices are not found any oil and gas.
  盾状火山机构距离烃源岩较远，储层需要风化改造，圈闭有效性差，多个目标都未发现油气。
• However, splendid edifices and a lively arts scene do not necessarily make Singapore a renaissance city.
  但是，壮观的建筑物和热闹的艺术景象，并不一定能使我们建设成一个文艺复兴城市。
• He would remember that it was the color with which the hangman smeared "accursed" edifices;
  他会想起，那是刽子手用来粉刷恶贯满盈建筑物的颜色；
• At the same time, archaeologists were undermining traditional "classical values" by discovering that the ancient temples of the Greeks were not the austere edifices people had believed them to be, but had been garish and multicoloured in their heyday.
  同时，考古学家们发现，希腊的古寺庙，其建筑并不象人们原以为的那样严肃朴素。而在其鼎盛时期却是十分华丽俗气的。这就动摇了传统的“古典派的价值观”。
• Therefore, the environmental colors of the edifices and the whole city building get more harmony.
  使建筑群乃至整个城市建筑环境色彩更加统一、协调。
• They complain that the monstrous edifices interfere with television reception.
  他们抱怨说，那些怪物般的庞大建筑，干扰了电视接收。
• And certainly if you are going to build great edifices, you probably do have to take risk.
  当然如果你要建筑伟业的话，就必须要冒风险。
• Hence, the prodigious exterior variety of these edifices, at whose foundation dwells so much order and unity.
  因而这些建筑物的外表变化无穷，其内部却井然有序，浑然一体。
• These two iconic edifices will define Beijing for many visitors.
  对许多游客而言，这两个建筑会成为北京的标志式建筑。