The invention relates to the technical field of genetic engineering, and discloses a recombinant yeast strain as well as a construction method and an application thereof. The recombinant yeast strain has the knockout gene gal1, gal7, gal10 or gal80, and the knockout gene ypl062w, and contains 2-4 gene segments integrated to the genome through the yeast homologous recombination. According to the invention, the yeast strain with the knockout genes is established, an optimized host cell is provided for producing lycopene, and functional genes crtE, crtB and crt I with different sources for synthetizing lycopene, and the specific yeast endogenous genes are selected, and integrated to the genome of the yeast strain with the knockout gene through the modular design, and thus a brand-new recombinant strain with high yield of lycopene is obtained.