erect

1. V-T If people erect something such as a building, bridge, or barrier, they build it or create it. 建造[正式]

Opposition demonstrators have erected barricades in roads leading to the parliament building. 反對派示威者在通往議會大廈的路上設置了路障。

The building was erected in 1900-1901. 該建築建於1900-1901年間。

2. V-T If you erect a system, a theory, or an institution, you create it. 創建

Japanese proprietors are erecting a complex infrastructure of political influence throughout America. 日本業主們正在全美國搆建複襍的政治影響力網絡。

3. ADJ People or things that are erect are straight and upright. 直立的; 竪直的

Stand reasonably erect, your arms hanging naturally. 盡可能站直，雙臂自然下垂。