名詞 edifice:

1. a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
   同義詞：building

1. The whole edifice of his hopes was destroyed.
   他心中的希望整個都毀了。

ed.i.fice

n.（名詞）
A building, especially one of imposing appearance or size.See Synonyms at building
建筑物：建筑物，尤指大規(guī)模且外觀宏偉的建筑物參見 building
An elaborate conceptual structure:
大廈：精心建構(gòu)的理念結(jié)構(gòu)：
例句：
observations that provided the foundation for the edifice of evolutionary theory.
觀察為進化論的理論大廈打下了基礎(chǔ)

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Latin aedificium
源自 拉丁語 aedificium
from aedific3re [to build]
源自 aedific3re [建造]
aedis [a building]
aedis [建筑物]
-fic3re [-fy]
-fic3re [前綴，表.使…化.]