monument

来自拉丁语monere,警告，提醒，记忆，词源同admonish,monitor,mind.-ment,名词后缀。引申词义纪念碑。

monument

monument: see monster

monument (n.)

late 13c., "a sepulchre," from Old French monument "grave, tomb, monument," and directly from Latin monumentum "a monument, memorial structure, statue; votive offering; tomb; memorial record," literally "something that reminds," from monere "to remind, warn" (see monitor (n.)). Sense of "structure or edifice to commemorate a notable person, action, or event" first attested c. 1600.

1. As Wren's epitaph famously declares, the cathedral itself is his monument.

众所周知，雷恩的墓志铭中写道，大教堂本身就是他的纪念碑。

2. By his international achievements he leaves a fitting monument to his beliefs.

他在国际上的成就为其信念作出了最好的注解。

3. The monument predates the arrival of the druids in Britain.

这一遗迹在德鲁伊特来到不列颠前就已存在。

4. The whole house is a monument to her craftsmanship.

那整座房子是她技艺的一座丰碑。

5. A monument to him was erected in St Paul's Cathedral.

在圣保罗大教堂为他修了一座纪念碑。