This caused the construction of gigantic buildings where too large masses of human beings are crowded together.
这样就导致了许多摩天大厦拔地而起，大厦内众多的人挤在一起。
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 16 The modern city

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

construction [kən'strʌkʃən] 词频2 词根: con
n. 建筑物;建造;解释;建造物;
💡 con共同+struct建立+ion表名词 → 建设
"They are going to tender for the construction of a new motorway."
他们打算投标承建一条新的高速公路.
近义：structure, building, erection, interpretation, interpreting, reason
gigantic [dʒaɪ'ɡæntɪk] 词频3 词根: giant
adj. 巨大的，庞大的;巨人似的;硕大无比;排山倒海;
💡 giganto-, gigant- 表”巨大”
"He has a gigantic appetite and eats gigantic meals."
他有很大的食量,能吃很多的食物.
近义：huge, hulking, jumbo, mammoth, mastodontic, overgrown
human ['hjumən] 词频1 词根: hum
n. 人，人类; adj. 人的;有人性的;显示人类特有弱点的;人本性的;
💡 hum土,地+an名词后缀，属于...的，传说人是由土造出的 → 人类
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老师打了个比喻，把人的心脏比作水泵。
近义：mortal
crowded ['kraʊdɪd] 词频3
adj. 水泄不通的;拥挤的;肩摩踵接;
💡 crowd人群+ed形容词后缀 → 拥挤的；塞满的
"In the spring the place is crowded with skiers."
春季这地方满是滑雪的人。
近义：overcrowded, packed, popular, populated, busy, chockablock 反义：hollow, unladen, unoccupied, vacant, void
large [lɑrdʒ] 词频1
adv. 大大地;夸大地;详细地;顺风地; adj. 大的;大规模的;大型号的;广泛的; v. 玩个痛快;（尤指跳舞和饮酒）作乐;
"The two large classrooms have been assigned to us."
这两间大教室分配给了我们。
近义：major, sizeable, big, sizable, some, capital 反义：small

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

it is now possible not only to locate a shoal but to tell if it is herring, cod, or other well-known fish, by the pattern of its echo.
不仅能够确定鱼群的位置，而且可以根据鱼群回声的特点分辨出是鲱鱼、鳕鱼，这是人们所熟悉的其他鱼。
and even so, some starting data has to guessed,
既使是这样，有些开始时的资料也不得不依靠推测，
A recent article in a weekly newspaper, for instance,
例如，最近一家周报刊登了一篇文章，
climbed up the dunes, and sat down on a road.
爬上沙丘，最后停在路上。
An enterprise has to incur certain costs and expenses in order to stay in business.
一个企业为了继续经营，不得不支出一定的费用和开销。
Once waves have been generated,
一旦波浪形成，