首页英语词典monumentmonument的意思

monument怎么读？

monument

英 ['mɒnjʊm(ə)nt] 美['mɑnjumənt]

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近义词shrine memorial pillar tower

n. 纪念碑；历史遗迹；不朽的作品
vt. 为…树碑

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词态变化

复数: monuments;

助记提示

1、monu- ( mon-: remind, warn ) + -ment.
2、literally "something that reminds".

中文词源

monument 纪念碑

来自拉丁语monere,警告，提醒，记忆，词源同admonish,monitor,mind.-ment,名词后缀。引申词义纪念碑。

英文词源

monument: monument: see monster
monument (n.): late 13c., "a sepulchre," from Old French monument "grave, tomb, monument," and directly from Latin monumentum "a monument, memorial structure, statue; votive offering; tomb; memorial record," literally "something that reminds," from monere "to remind, warn" (see monitor (n.)). Sense of "structure or edifice to commemorate a notable person, action, or event" first attested c. 1600.

双语例句

1. As Wren's epitaph famously declares, the cathedral itself is his monument.: 众所周知，雷恩的墓志铭中写道，大教堂本身就是他的纪念碑。

2. By his international achievements he leaves a fitting monument to his beliefs.: 他在国际上的成就为其信念作出了最好的注解。

3. The monument predates the arrival of the druids in Britain.: 这一遗迹在德鲁伊特来到不列颠前就已存在。

4. The whole house is a monument to her craftsmanship.: 那整座房子是她技艺的一座丰碑。

5. A monument to him was erected in St Paul's Cathedral.: 在圣保罗大教堂为他修了一座纪念碑。