喜樂美語
  1. 1n/ˌendʒɪˈnɪrɪŋ/工程

    The work and study of designing and building machines, roads, bridges, and other structures.

    「engineering」可以想成「engineer（工程師）做的那門學問跟工作」——用科學和數學去設計、建造機器、橋樑、道路等。它是不可數名詞。常見分支：civil engineering（土木工程）、software engineering（軟體工程）。

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei wants to study engineering at university.

    中文翻譯美想在大學讀工程。

    常見搭配

    • study engineering

      主修工程

      to learn engineering at school

      He went to college to study engineering.

    • civil engineering

      土木工程

      building roads, bridges, and large structures

      Civil engineering built the new tunnel.

    • software engineering

      軟體工程

      the careful building of computer programs

      She works in software engineering.

core核心畫面

From the word’s history

engineer + -ing.

由 engineer 加上 -ing 組成。

Wiktionary

You can picture 'engineering' as the work and study of designing and building real things that must hold up — machines, roads, bridges, structures — applying knowledge to make them actually work.

可以想成「把知識拿來設計並造出真實、要能撐住的東西」這門工作和學問：機器、道路、橋樑、各種結構，都要靠它去規劃並建造出來，而且要真的能運作。

同家族的字

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

engineeringnoun/ˌɛn(d)ʒɪˈnɪə.ɹɪŋ/

  • 1

    The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.

    • One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
  • 2

    The area aboard a ship where the engine is located.

  • 3

    Actions controling the motion, shape, or substance of any physical object(s).

  • 4

    Designates the office area of the professional engineering staff.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。