- 1aC2
/ˈstrʌktʃərəl/
relating to the way something is built or organized, especially the parts that hold it up or hold it together.
結構性的；結構上的
核心畫面
Picture the frame inside a building — the beams and columns you never see, the parts everything else rests on. Structural points at that layer. Calling a problem structural says it is not on the surface: it sits in how the thing is built, so patching the outside will not reach it.
可以想成：建築物裡面的骨架——那些看不到的樑柱，其他東西全靠它們撐著。structural 指的就是這一層。說一個問…更多收起
可以想成：建築物裡面的骨架——那些看不到的樑柱，其他東西全靠它們撐著。structural 指的就是這一層。說一個問題是 structural，等於是說它不在表面，而是出在「這東西是怎麼搭起來的」，所以修外觀碰不到它。這一層意思讓它也很常用在制度和組織上。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
structuraladj/ˈstɹʌk(t͡)ʃəɹəl/
- 1
Of, relating to, or having structure.
- Class 1. consists of nervous diseases, such as depend on the nervous and muscular systems; the second, of sanguine diseases, such as depend on the sanguiferous system; the third, of secretory diseases, or such as are connected with the state of the secretions; and the fourth, of structural diseases, or those that are connected with the nutritive powers.
- These structural differences, the authors suggest, support previous reports of differences in personality: liberals tend to be better at managing conflicting information, while conservatives are though to be better at recognizing threats, researchers said.
- 2
Involving the mechanics of construction.
structuralnoun/ˈstɹʌk(t͡)ʃəɹəl/
- 1
Structural steel, used in construction.
- Freight differentials often increased the spread in favor of the imported structurals. Purchasers repeatedly emphasized that their purchases of imported structurals were split among a number of sources, including Spain, France, West Germany, […]
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