1 [U] the act or method of building or making sth 建造；修筑；施工: A new bridge is now under construction. 一座新桥正在施工。He works in the construction industry. 他从事建筑业。

2 [C] (formal 正式) something that has been built or made; a building 建筑物；造成的东西: The new pyramid was a construction of glass and steel. 新的金字塔用玻璃和钢建成。

3 [C] the way that words are used together in a phrase or sentence 词句的结构: a grammatical construction 语法结构