public works 公共工程 — 中文意思、英文定義、例句

1.名詞B1

釋義

公共工程

政府出資建設的公共設施

Large structures and facilities — such as roads, bridges, hospitals, water systems, and schools — that are built using government money so that everyone in the community can use them.

例句

The city council approved a budget of fifteen million dollars for public works next year.

市議會批准了明年一千五百萬美元的公共工程預算。

budget for public works

Feng works for the public works department, repairing roads and water pipes across the district.

Feng 在公共工程部門工作，負責修復全區的道路和自來水管。

public works department

同義詞

infrastructure
Broader term; includes systems like internet and power grids that are not always government-built
civic improvements
More formal and narrower, usually referring to urban upgrades like parks and street lighting
government construction projects
More literal and less common in everyday speech

用法筆記

Plural in form — always 'public works', never 'a public work'. Used with a plural verb: 'Public works are funded by taxes.'

常見錯誤

❌The government is building a new public work near the river.

✅The government is building new public works near the river.

💡'public works' is always plural.

public works

public works — 名詞

1. Large structures and facilities — such as roads, bridges, hospitals, water syste

用法筆記

常見錯誤