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Why Shanghai Tower Failed
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Jeff Chiao posted on 2022/03/09Ever wondered why Shanghai Tower, a supertall skyscraper, has such a unique twisting facade and faced construction challenges? This video dives deep into its sustainable design, surprising low occupancy, and the economic context in China, helping you pick up advanced vocabulary and understand complex sentence structures along the way!
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structure
US /ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/
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UK /ˈstrʌk.tʃə/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
- A building or other man-made object.
- Transitive Verb
- To plan, organize, or arrange the parts of something
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US /fɔrs, fors/
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UK /fɔ:s/
- Noun
- Group of persons trained for military action; army
- Pressure; attraction
- Transitive Verb
- To use physical strength or violence to persuade
- To break open (something) using force.
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More strike
US /straɪk/
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UK /straɪk/
- Transitive Verb
- To hit something
- To remove or erase.
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A punch or hit
- Fact of not hitting the ball when playing baseball
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