monolithic
US /ˌmɑː.nəˈlɪθ.ɪk/
UK /ˌmɒn.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/
形容詞
1.
整體, 獨塊的
formed of a single large block of stone
範例:
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The ancient temple was built with monolithic columns.
這座古老的寺廟是用整體石柱建造的。
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The sculpture was a huge, monolithic slab of granite.
這座雕塑是一塊巨大的整體花崗岩板。
2.
龐大而僵化, 單一的, 不易改變的
(of an organization or system) large, powerful, and indivisible and consequently slow to change
範例:
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The company had become a monolithic bureaucracy.
這家公司變成了一個龐大而僵化的官僚機構。
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The government's monolithic structure made reforms difficult.
政府龐大而僵化的結構使得改革變得困難。
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