柯林斯詞典monolith /?m?n?l?θ/ (monoliths) 1. N-COUNT A monolith is a very large, upright piece of stone, especially one that was put in place in ancient times. (尤指先古時(shí)期豎立的)獨(dú)塊巨石2. N-COUNT If you refer to an organization or system as a monolith, you are critical of it because it is very large and very slow to change, and it does not seem to have different parts with different characters. 龐大而僵化的組織; 單一龐大的體系[表不滿] A deal between the two powerful institutions would have created a banking monolith. 若當(dāng)時(shí)這兩個(gè)強(qiáng)大機(jī)構(gòu)之間達(dá)成了交易，就會(huì)帶來一個(gè)銀行業(yè)的巨無霸。 返回 monolith劍橋詞典 monolith noun [C] (STONE) a large block of stone standing by itself that was put up by people in ancient times （古人豎立的）獨(dú)塊巨石，獨(dú)石柱 monolith noun [C] (BUILDING) a very large building , often one that is very tall （通常非常高的）巨大建筑 monolith noun [C] (ORGANIZATION) a large , powerful organization that is not willing to change and that does not seem interested in individual people （不愿意改變，也不關(guān)心個(gè)體的）權(quán)力龐大的巨型機(jī)構(gòu) He said that the National Health Service had become a vast bureaucratic monolith. 他說國民保健系統(tǒng)已經(jīng)變成了一個(gè)權(quán)力規(guī)模巨大的官僚機(jī)構(gòu)。 返回 monolith