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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

结构

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jiégòu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Structure/ˈstrʌk.tʃər/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #350 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这座建筑的结构非常独特。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of a complex whole.

    "The organizational structure of the company needs to be updated."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'structura', meaning a fitting together or building, originating from 'struere' (to pile up, build). It entered Middle English in the 15th century via Old French, initially referring to the act of building before broadening to denote any constructed object or interconnected system.

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