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monolith
英 ['mɒn(ə)lɪθ]美 ['mɑnə'lɪθ]
n. 整块石料；庞然大物
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记忆方法
1、mono- + lith-.中文词源
monolith 单块巨石，单一庞大的组织
mono-,单个的，-lith,石头，词源同lithology.即单块巨石，引申词义单一庞大的组织。
英语词源
monolith
monolith: see lithograph
monolith (n.)
"column consisting of a single large block of stone," 1848, from French monolithe (16c.), from Latin monolithus (adj.) "consisting of a single stone," from Greek monolithos "made of one stone," from monos "single, alone" (see mono-) + lithos "stone." Transferred and figurative use is from 1934.
权威例句
1. A deal between the two powerful institutions would have created a banking monolith.
若是这两个强大机构之间达成交易，就会产生一个金融业的巨无霸。
2. The monolith, he suggested, was doomed by the tides of history.
他指出, 铁板一块的观念是注定要被历史的潮流所淹没的.
3. The imposing monolith of totalitarian states often obscures their latent weaknesses.
极权国家外表堂堂的铁板一块掩盖了它们内在的虚弱.
4. The monolith will gradually be destroyed by these pellets and break down.
这些小碎片就会逐渐破坏里面的塑胶制品,直至最后使其彻底报废.
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5. The kind of waiting, of a monolith, that wears out time.
等待的时候, 一块石头的沉重般的心情, 那磨损人的时间.
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