monolith

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mon·o·lith /ˈmɒnəlɪθ $ ˈmɑː-/ noun [countable]  1  PGCONTROLa large powerful organization that cannot change quickly and does not consider the ideas or feelings of the people it affects 庞大而僵化的组织[政府等] It is misleading to see the legal system as a monolith. 认为司法体制庞大而僵化是误导人的。2. RFAAa large tall block of stone, especially one that was put in place in ancient times, possibly for religious reasons 〔尤指古时可能出于宗教目的建造的〕独石柱[碑]

Examples from the Corpus

monolith• Women, of course, are not a monolith, any more than men are.• Luisenlund Bronze Age monoliths and the rift valley of Ekkodal.• Funny old motels like the No-Tel are making way for the bland beige monoliths of world-wide corporate culture.• The Hotel Dunbar was a pink and chocolate-colored brick monolith on 42nd Street.• the collapse of the Communist monolith in Eastern Europe• My memos are spitballs in the face of the faceless monolith where I work.• The great monolith of my ambition.• On the other side of the gorge stood a line of eight irregularly shaped monoliths.• The main eye-catcher about the Plomosas is the sprawling monolith of Black Mesa.• Over to your right in the distance, half-hidden by a fold of land, is a broken circle of stone monoliths.Origin monolith (1800-1900) French monolithe, from Latin, from Greek, from mono- ( → MONO-) + lithos “stone”

mon·o·lith nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus and quickly powerful that change a large organization cannot does

monolith
mon‧o‧lith /ˈmɒnəlɪθ $ ˈmɑː-/ noun [countable]1. a large powerful organization that cannot change quickly and does not consider the ideas or feelings of the people it affects:
    It is misleading to see the legal system as a monolith.
2. a large tall block of stone, especially one that was put in place in ancient times, possibly for religious reasons

mono·lithBrE /ˈmɒnəlɪθ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmɑːnəlɪθ/ 🔊 nouna large single vertical block of stone, especially one that was shaped into a column by people living in ancient times, and that may have had some religious meaning （尤指古人凿成、表示某种宗教意义的）单块巨石，独石柱(often disapproving) a single, very large organization, etc. that is very slow to change and not interested in individual people （少有变化，不关心个人的）单一庞大的组织▸ mono·lith·ic BrE /ˌmɒnəˈlɪθɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmɑːnəˈlɪθɪk/ 🔊 adjective◆a monolithic block巨大的石块◆the monolithic structure of the state统一庞大的国家结构