used to describe large single vertical blocks of stone, especially ones that were shaped into a column by people living in ancient times, and that may have had some religious meaning (尤指古人凿成、表示某种宗教意义的)单块巨石,独石柱 a monolithic block 巨大的石块
- (often disapproving)
used to describe single, very large organizations that are very slow to change and not interested in individual people (少有变化,不关心个人的)单一庞大的组织 the monolithic structure of the state 统一庞大的国家结构