monolith
n. 独块巨石,整体塑制品
A monolith is a very large, upright piece of stone, especially one that was put in place in ancient times.
If you refer to an organization or system as a monolith, you are critical of it because it is very large and very slow to change, and it does not seem to have different parts with different characters.
A deal between the two powerful institutions would have created a banking monolith.
若是这两个强大机构之间达成交易,就会产生一个金融业的巨无霸。
1. a single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk)
The monolith, he suggested, was doomed by the tides of history.
他指出, 铁板一块的观念是注定要被历史的潮流所淹没的.
The monolith will gradually be destroyed by these pellets and break down.
这些小碎片就会逐渐破坏里面的塑胶制品,直至最后使其彻底报废.
Acidic gas or water can also ruin the monolith.
酸性的气体或液体也会腐蚀、侵害塑胶制品.
If a catalytic converter suffers road damage, the monolith inside can be cracked.
如果催化裂化炉在运输过程中遭受损坏, 它里面的塑胶制品就有可能被挤裂.
This has resulted in the fracturing of the monolith.
这也导致了整体结构的破裂.