Construction

(noun.) drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem; 'the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem'.

(noun.) the act of constructing something; 'during the construction we had to take a detour'; 'his hobby was the building of boats'.

(noun.) the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; 'their main business is home construction'; 'workers in the building trades'.

(noun.) the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought.

(noun.) a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; 'I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner'.

(noun.) an interpretation of a text or action; 'they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct'.

杰西编辑

• Baldwin, a construction engineer, living in the United States, began to work on calculating machines in 1870. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• That bridge, though of different material, was in its principle of construction similar to the iron tubular bridges at Conway and at the Menai Straits. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• These wells are now made with larger diameters than formerly, and altogether their construction has been rendered much more easy in modern times. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• To charge that the various activities of gardening, weaving, construction in wood, manipulation of metals, cooking, etc. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The height to which the water can be forced in the pipe depends upon the size and construction of the pump and upon the force with which the plunger can be moved. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Even the lightest engines made at that time were very heavy per unit of power, and rather crude in construction. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Highbury, with Mrs. Weston, stood for Hartfield; and she trusted to its bearing the same construction with him. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• The method of construction used in the Hudson River tunnels has been designated the shield method. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The negative or iron plate (Fig. 5) has the familiar flat-pocket construction. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Besides different forms and sizes he tried various materials of construction, and ultimately various means of propulsion. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• In the beginning of his experimentation he had made the conditions of test very severe by the construction of forms similar to that shown in the sketch below. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The large clock over the principal entrance to the Great Exhibition was on this construction. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The sticking machine is of a simple construction, but is wonderful in operation, and requires no attention by the operator, except to keep it supplied with pins and papers. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• At the right as the visitor enters the factory, is seen the tool construction department. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• It is in this little place that there was developed the remarkable mixture which is to play so vital a part in the successful construction of these everlasting homes for living millions. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He knew how to blow any sort of bridge that you could name and he had blown them of all sizes and constructions. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• These great cable constructions, expensive as they were, were found more economical than horse power. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• His constructions, his formal creeds, his law-making and social arrangements are local and temporary--for us they can have only an antiquarian interest. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• I am informed that a dreadful suspicion has been raised, and that some very serious constructions are placed upon his lordship's conduct. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• As we have already se en, considerable knowledge of geometry is apparent in Babylonian designs and constructions. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Certainly these constructions occupy an insignificant amount of space in the body of the report. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• But this century has greatly improved the old constructions. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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