monolith
n. 獨塊巨石,整體塑製品
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.
若是這兩個強大機構之間達成交易,就會產生一個金融業的巨無霸。
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, 鐵板一塊的觀念是註定要被歷史的潮流所淹沒的.
The monolith will gradually be destroyed by these pellets and break down.
這些小碎片就會逐漸破壞裡面的塑膠製品,直至最後使其徹底報廢.
Acidic gas or water can also ruin the monolith.
酸性的氣體或液體也會腐蝕、侵害塑膠製品.
If a catalytic converter suffers road damage, the monolith inside can be cracked.
如果催化裂化爐在運輸過程中遭受損壞, 它裡面的塑膠製品就有可能被擠裂.
This has resulted in the fracturing of the monolith.
這也導致了整體結構的破裂.