edifice meaning in Chinese
n.
1.大建筑物，大厦。
2.(知识的)体系，结构。
Examples
- He surveyed the edifice from the outside and admired greatly .
他从外边打量着大厦，对它赞美备至。 - Wealthy officials and landlords built these queer edifices a thousand years ago .
有钱的官吏和地主在一千年前就修建了这种奇怪的建筑物。 - His theory of justice was elaborate and forms a cornerstone of his philosophical edifice .
他详尽阐述的正义理论形成了其哲学体系的基石。 - The modern city consists of monstrous edifices and of dark narrow streets full of petrol fumes .
现代城市是由大得怕人的大厦和充斥着难闻的汽油味的狭窄的街道所组成。 - The classical law of nature philosophers laid the foundation stones which were used in erecting the legal edifice of modern western civilization .
古典自然法学家奠定了现代西方文明法律大厦的基石。