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build a mausoleum for sb
mausoleum 指大型陵墓，常为地面建筑；“为某人建造陵墓”用 build a mausoleum for sb。
The king built a mausoleum for his beloved queen.
国王为他挚爱的王后建造了一座陵墓。
陵墓
mausoleums — plural of mausoleum
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陵墓
a large burial chamber, usually above ground
The king built a mausoleum for his beloved queen.
国王为他挚爱的王后建造了一座陵墓。
大型陵墓；陵墓建筑
A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
大型墓室,通常在地面以上
a large burial chamber, usually above ground
阴暗的大房间或建筑
A gloomy, usually large room or building.
The guide told us that the stone building on the hill is a mausoleum, not a temple.
导游告诉我们，山上的那座石头建筑是陵墓，不是寺庙。
The emperor's mausoleum was built over thirty years and is now a popular tourist site.
皇帝的陵墓建造了三十多年，如今是一个热门的旅游景点。
Many ancient mausoleums still stand across the countryside, reminding us of old kings.
许多古代陵墓仍矗立在乡间，让我们想起昔日的国王。
mausoleum 指大型陵墓，常为地面建筑；“为某人建造陵墓”用 build a mausoleum for sb。
The king built a mausoleum for his beloved queen.
国王为他挚爱的王后建造了一座陵墓。
表示“葬于陵墓中”时，通常用被动结构 be buried in a mausoleum，介词 in 后接陵墓。
The poet was buried in a mausoleum near the river.
那位诗人被安葬在河边的一座陵墓中。
“某人的陵墓”可说 the mausoleum of sb，也可用所有格 sb's mausoleum，两种结构都常见。
We visited the mausoleum of the ancient general.
我们参观了那位古代将军的陵墓。
Not this
He was buried in mausoleum.
Use this
He was buried in a mausoleum.
mausoleum 是可数名词，单数形式不能裸用；汉语没有冠词，所以容易漏掉 a。这里要表达“一座陵墓”，必须加不定冠词 a。
Not this
They built several mausoleum for the royal family.
Use this
They built several mausoleums for the royal family.
mausoleum 的复数形式是 mausoleums；汉语名词没有复数变化，容易漏掉 -s。several 后接复数名词，所以应改为 mausoleums。
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大理石陵墓
The king was buried in a marble mausoleum.
国王被安葬在一座大理石陵墓中。
家族陵墓
They built a family mausoleum on the hill.
他们在山上建造了一座家族陵墓。
皇家陵墓
The royal mausoleum attracts many tourists.
这座皇家陵墓吸引了许多游客。
陵墓建筑群
The mausoleum complex covers an area of ten square kilometers.
这座陵墓建筑群占地十平方公里。
皇帝的陵墓
Archaeologists discovered the emperor's mausoleum.
考古学家发现了皇帝的陵墓。
我把这座承载一切希望与欲望的陵墓交给你。我把它交给你，不是要你记住时间，而是让你偶尔能暂时忘却它，不必耗尽所有气力去征服它。
In Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, a father calls a watch the mausoleum of all hope and desire.
在福克纳的《喧哗与骚动》中，父亲把一块表称作“所有希望与欲望的陵墓”。
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记法：mausoleum 开头像 moss（苔藓），把 -oleum 联想成 oil（油），想象一座阴森潮湿、油灯闪烁的地上大陵墓。
语域：neutral 常见场景：历史/建筑描述、旅行与景点介绍、陵园/纪念场所 就“陵墓”这一义项而言，该词通常多用于书面语或较正式的场景（如历史、建筑、旅行介绍），比较常见于说明或描写性文体，日常口语中较少用；更口语的说法常用 tomb 或 grave。
现代英语中复数通常用 mausoleums，较少用拉丁式复数 mausolea。
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