infrastructure
noun /ˈɪnfrəstrʌktʃə(r)/
/ˈɪnfrəstrʌktʃər/
[countable, uncountable]- the basic systems and services that are necessary for a country or an organization to run smoothly, for example buildings, transport and water and power supplies
(国家或机构的)基础设施,基础建设 Collocations DictionaryInfrastructure is used before these nouns:- improvement
- investment
- distribution
- highway
- …
词源early 20th cent.: from French (see infra-, structure).