monolith

monolith

英 ['mɒn(ə)lɪθ]
　　美 ['mɑnə'lɪθ]

n. 整塊石料；龐然大物

中文詞源：

monolith 單塊巨石，單一龐大的組織

mono-,單個的，-lith,石頭，詞源同lithology.即單塊巨石，引申詞義單一龐大的組織。

例句：

1. A deal between the two powerful institutions would have created a banking monolith.
若是這兩個強大機構之間達成交易，就會產生一個金融業的巨無霸。

2. The monolith, he suggested, was doomed by the tides of history.
他指出, 鐵板一塊的觀念是註定要被歷史的潮流所淹沒的.

3. The imposing monolith of totalitarian states often obscures their latent weaknesses.
極權國傢外表堂堂的鐵板一塊掩蓋瞭它們內在的虛弱.

4. The monolith will gradually be destroyed by these pellets and break down.
這些小碎片就會逐漸破壞裡面的塑膠制品,直至最後使其徹底報廢.

5. The kind of waiting, of a monolith, that wears out time.
等待的時候, 一塊石頭的沉重般的心情, 那磨損人的時間.