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a/an + adjective + edifice
The city boasts an impressive edifice from the 19th century.
这座城市拥有一座令人印象深刻的19世纪大厦。
大厦；宏伟建筑；建筑物
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
大厦；宏伟建筑；建筑物
A large, impressive building or structure.
The city boasts an impressive edifice from the 19th century.
这座城市拥有一座令人印象深刻的19世纪大厦。
宏伟建筑
A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially a large and spectacular one.
有屋顶和墙壁的建筑物,通常固定在一个地方
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
抽象体系
An abstract structure, such as a school of thought, an argument, a theoretical position, etc.
The ancient edifice stood proudly in the center of the city, its marble columns still gleaming after centuries.
这座古老的大厦傲然矗立在城市中心，其大理石柱历经数个世纪依然熠熠生辉。
AI contextual example
The university library is an edifice of knowledge, housing millions of books within its walls.
大学图书馆是一座知识殿堂，其墙壁内收藏了数百万册书籍。
AI contextual example
Modern edifices of glass and steel dominate the skyline of the financial district.
玻璃和钢铁构成的现代大厦主导着金融区的天际线。
AI contextual example
it was an imposing edifice
那是一座宏伟的建筑。
WordNet
The city boasts an impressive edifice from the 19th century.
这座城市拥有一座令人印象深刻的19世纪大厦。
常用于比喻义，指虚假或脆弱的体系。
Their marriage was an edifice of pretense.
他们的婚姻是一座虚伪的大厦。
强调系统性或宏伟的抽象结构。
The edifice of modern science is built on empirical evidence.
现代科学的大厦建立在经验证据之上。
Not this
They edifice a new skyscraper.
Use this
They build a new skyscraper.
edifice 是名词，不能用作动词；应使用动词 build。
Not this
There are many edifice in the city.
Use this
There are many edifices in the city.
edifice 是可数名词，复数形式为 edifices。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
宏伟的建筑
The courthouse was an imposing edifice with tall marble columns.
那座法院是一座带有高大大理石柱的宏伟建筑。
摇摇欲坠的建筑
The once-grand hotel is now a crumbling edifice.
那座曾经辉煌的酒店如今已成为摇摇欲坠的建筑。
历史建筑
The town council voted to preserve the historic edifice in the square.
镇议会投票决定保护广场上的那座历史建筑。
思想体系
The philosopher spent decades building an intellectual edifice of moral theory.
这位哲学家花了数十年时间构建了一套道德理论的思想体系。
社会结构
A sudden economic crisis can shake the entire social edifice.
一场突如其来的经济危机可能动摇整个社会结构。
谎言大厦
The investigation gradually exposed the whole edifice of lies.
调查逐渐揭穿了整个谎言大厦。
谎言的架构
His testimony was built on an edifice of lies.
他的证词建立在一个谎言的架构上。
整个体系/大厦
When the scandal broke, the whole edifice came crashing down.
丑闻爆发时，整个体系轰然倒塌。
摇摇欲坠的大厦（比喻濒临崩溃的体系）
The university's reputation is a crumbling edifice that needs urgent reform.
这所大学的声誉是一座摇摇欲坠的大厦，急需改革。
Use edifice naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一座宏伟建筑的门楣上刻着 EDIFICE 几个大字，看到它就想到大厦；它也可指抽象的体系、架构。
语域：formal 常见场景：建筑评论与新闻报道、文学作品、学术论述 edifice 属于正式用语，多用于书面语。指宏伟建筑时，常见于建筑评论、新闻报道或文学描写；指抽象体系（如思想、制度）时，多见于学术或正式论述。日常口语中较少使用，通常直接用 building 或 structure。
None of these words rhymes with edifice /ˈɛdəfəs/. The -fice spelling is usually pronounced /fɪs/ (office, artifice) or /faɪs/ (sacrifice), not /fəs/. Surface matches the weak final syllable /fəs/ but has a different stressed vowel. Accomplice is a lookalike with a different vowel and ending.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.