infrastructural

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infrastructural — adjective

  • infrastructuralpositive
  • more infrastructuralcomparative
  • most infrastructuralsuperlative

1. relating to the roads, bridges, water systems, power networks, and other fundame

1.形容詞C1
釋義

relating to the roads, bridges, water systems, power networks, and other fundamental structures and services that a country, city, or organization needs in order to work properly.

例句

The government announced a major infrastructural project to rebuild the coastal highway.

collocation: infrastructural project

Elena's research focuses on infrastructural failures in aging water systems across southern Europe.

collocation: infrastructural failures

同義詞
  • structural

    broader; refers to any underlying framework, not specifically to public works and utilities

  • systemic

    relates to a whole system's properties, not specifically to roads, power, or water networks

用法筆記

More common in academic and policy writing. In everyday English, speakers often use the noun 'infrastructure' as a modifier instead (e.g. 'infrastructure spending' rather than 'infrastructural spending').

常見錯誤

❌The city needs more infrastructural spending.
✅The city needs more infrastructure spending.
💡'Infrastructure' used as a noun modifier is more natural in everyday English; 'infrastructural' is a formal adjective found mainly in academic or policy contexts.