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ar·chi·tect /ˈɑːkətekt $ ˈɑːr-/ W3 noun [countableC]

1. AAsomeone whose job is to design buildings 建筑师，建筑设计师

2 the architect of something the person who originally thought of an important and successful idea 某事物的创造者

Tinoco was one of the architects of the government’s economic reforms.

蒂诺科是政府经济改革的设计师之一。

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the architect of something• The act of being creative should relate to the Creator - the Architect of the Universe.• And Sculley was determined to be known as the architect of that vision.• Mr Patten lost his seat of Bath despite being the architect of Mr Major's 21-seat majority.• One of the first tasks for the architects of Worldwide Plaza was to determine the geological makeup of the site.• No one knows the architect of Mission San Xavier del Bac or why one tower never was completed.• United were partly the architects of their own problems.• Colonel Lewis Pick, the architect of the tribes' inundation, was the embodiment of a no-nonsense military man.• Chubais was the chief architect of Russia's economic transition.

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architect• As well as being an architect, he is a chartered town planner, and is specially qualified in building conservation.• I read the account of an architect who was consulted by a church with unsuitable premises which they wanted to adapt.• Previously, some of the most ardent opponents of architectural conservation have themselves been architects.• the chief architect of the election victory• St Paul's Cathedral was designed by the famous architect, Sir Christopher Wren.• The Imperial Hotel in Tokyo was designed by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.• Weck Glass Block has introduced some new product lines to that old favorite of architects everywhere.• We're working with a team of architects on the plans for the new building.• Since the death of his predecessor, Professor Blakely, he was one of its principal architects.• Beveridge is usually thought of as the architect of the British National Health Service.• Livings was their architect for the iron foundry at Stockton, which John now had ideas of enlarging.

From Longman Business Dictionary

architectar·chi·tect /ˈɑːkətektˈɑːr-/ noun [countableC]

1JOBPROPERTYa person whose job is to plan and design buildings

The mill was built in 1872 to the design of an architect.

2the architect of something the person who originally thought of an important idea or who made an important event happen

Mr Levin was the principal architect of the merger.

Origin architect

(1500-1600) French architecte, from Latin, from Greek architekton “chief builder”, from archi- ( → ARCH-) + tekton “builder”

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