edifice
核心词议：

速记方法
速记技巧 词源记忆法 来自PIE*aidh，燃烧，词源同ash，ether.原指火炉，引申义居住地，大厦。-fice，做，建造。

知识扩展

词语辨析
building property premises complex structure block edifice These are all words for a structure such as a house, office block or factory that has a roof and four walls. 以上各词均指建筑物、房屋、楼房。 building a structure such as a house, office block or factory that has a roof and four walls 指建筑物、房屋、楼房 property a building or buildings and the surrounding land; land and buildings 指房屋及院落、庄园、房地产： We have a buyer who would like to view the property. 我们有一买主想看看这房产。 The price of property has risen enormously. 房地产的价格大幅上升了。 注释 This word is often used when talking about buying/selling houses or other buildings and land. 谈及买卖房屋或房地产时常用该词。 premises [pl.] the building or buildings and surrounding land that a business owns or uses 指企业拥有或使用的建筑及附属场地、营业场所： The company is looking for larger premises. 这家公司正在寻找更大的营业场所。 complex a group of buildings of a similar type together in one place 指类型相似的建筑群： a leisure complex 休闲活动中心 structure a thing that is made of several parts, especially a building 指结构体、建筑物： The pier is a wooden structure. 这个码头是木结构建筑。 block ( BrE ) a tall building that contains flats or offices; a building that forms part of a school, hospital, etc. and is used for a particular purpose 指公寓、办公大楼或学校、医院等作特定用途的大楼： a block of flats 公寓大楼 the school's science block 这所学校的理科大楼 edifice ( formal ) a large impressive building 指大厦、宏伟建筑 常用搭配 (a / an) commercial / industrial / residential building / property / premises / complex / block an apartment building / complex / block a / the school building / premises a holiday property / complex to build a(n) property / complex / structure / block / edifice to erect a(n) building / property / complex / structure / block / edifice to put up a building / property / structure / b

中文词源： edifice 大厦 来自PIE*aidh, 燃烧，词源同ash, ether. 原指火炉，引申义居住地，大厦。-fice,做，建造。 edifice
精选例句

常见考点例句：

Take it away and the edifice crumbles .

没有了竞争，整个大厦都会坍塌。

We have constructed the entire edifice of our civilisation on this idea .

我们基于这一知觉构建了我们文明的整个大厦。

Without the higgs , the maths which holds this edifice together would disintegrate .

没有希格斯玻色子，支撑粒子物理学大厦的数学分析就会分崩离析。

Cracks are already visible in the edifice of european unity witness the strain on the schengen visa-free travel scheme .

欧洲统一的大厦已出现了裂痕申根免签证过境计划的收紧就说明了问题。

The maastricht treaty of 1992 was the final step in the construction of the european edifice .

1992年的《马斯特里赫特条约》（maastrichttreaty），是这座欧洲大厦建造过程中的最后一步。