monolith
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A monolith is a very large, upright piece of stone, especially one that was put in place in ancient times. (尤指先古时期竖立的)独块巨石
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. 庞大而僵化的组织; 单一庞大的体系[表不满]
A deal between the two powerful institutions would have created a banking monolith. 若当时这两个强大机构之间达成了交易,就会带来一个银行业的巨无霸。
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monolith /ˈmɒnəlɪθ/ (monoliths)
剑桥词典
monolith noun [C] (STONE)
a large block of stone standing by itself that was put up by people in ancient times
(古人竖立的)独块巨石,独石柱
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
(不愿意改变,也不关心个体的)权力庞大的巨型机构
He said that the National Health Service had become a vast bureaucratic monolith. 他说国民保健系统已经变成了一个权力规模巨大的官僚机构。 返回 monolith