monument

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1 AAa building, statue, or other large structure that is built to remind people of an important event or famous person 纪念碑，纪念塔，纪念馆 → memorial

He erected a monument on the spot where his daughter was killed.

他在女儿遇难的地方立了块纪念碑。

monument to

a fitting monument to the men who died in the battle

适时建立的战争阵亡将士纪念碑

2 AAa very old building or place that is important historically 遗迹，遗址，名胜古迹

Ancient monuments are protected by law.

古迹受法律保护。

3 be a monument to somebody/something to show clearly the result of someone’s qualities, beliefs, or actions 是某人/某事物的见证，是见证某人/某事物的丰碑

The company is a monument to Sir Peter’s energy and vision.

这家公司是见证彼得爵士旺盛精力和远见卓识的一座丰碑。

Examples from the Corpus

monument• The development of polio vaccines, present and future, is a monument to several important things.• Still, this cement and glass monument to eavesdropping will likely remain off the tourist maps for many years to come.• A landowner could have his monument protected if he wished but he might prefer to maltreat it or destroy it completely.• Ellis Island is preserved as a historic monument.• At daybreak or dusk, the pyramids most resemble the limestone monuments seen by the old explorers.• Memorial monuments usually celebrate triumphs rather than the state's decimation of cultures and peoples.• These are the monuments to generations of individual farmers ploughing and draining their fields.• Arnold Kaech, chairman of the Schilthornbahn, decided to replace the monument.

Origin monument

(1200-1300) Latin monumentum, from monere “to remind”

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