construe

英 [kənˈstruː]

美 [kənˈstruː]

v.  理解; 领会

过去分词：construed　现在分词：construing　过去式：construed　第三人称单数：construes　复数：construes　

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Collins.1 / BNC.7262 / COCA.11000

牛津词典

verb

• 理解；领会
  to understand the meaning of a word, a sentence, or an action in a particular way
  1. He considered how the remark was to be construed.
     他考虑这话该如何理解。
  2. Her words could hardly be construed as an apology.
     她的话怎么想几乎都不像是道歉。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 理解;领会
  If somethingis construedin a particular way, its nature or meaning is interpreted in that way.
  1. What may seem helpful behaviour to you can be construed as interference by others...
     在你看来似乎是施助的行为在别人眼中可能就会被解读成一种干涉。
  2. He may construe the approach as a hostile act...
     他也许会将这种做法理解为敌视行为。
  3. We are taught to construe these terms in a particular way.
     我们被教导要以特定的方式理解这些词语。

英英释义

verb

• make sense of
  1. What message do you see in this letter?
  2. How do you interpret his behavior?
  Synonym:interpretsee

双语例句

• He had tried to construe a passage from Homer.
  他曾尝试注释荷马著作的一段文字。
• Using vague expression can construe completeness and conciseness in legal language.
  在特定情况下使用一些模糊表达，可以使法律语言达到实质上的准确性和概括性。
• Let him construe the letter into English, and parse it over perfectly.
  让他把信件逐字翻译成英文，并且完美地对它作语法分析。
• But the other fulcrum of the presentation was mountaineering, which you could construe as a primal reach for the stars, the kind of activity a natural adventurer like Kean would be inclined toward.
  但其他的支点的外观是登山，只能把作为原始难于上青天，这种活动自然冒险家喜欢肯恩会热衷。
• Deepening of financial crisis of U.S.and adjustment of economy of the world has brought about the worsening of economic circumstance, leading to economic contraction and construe imbalance of China.
  由美国金融危机深化和世界经济形势调整所带来的外部环境恶化.对我国产业结构的调整和升级提出了紧迫的要求。
• This thesis discusses the unmarked construe concerned with modality adverbs and negatives.
  本文讨论了与否定项无标记关联的语气副词。
• A tribunal should construe a contract between client and lawyer as a reasonable person in the circumstances of the client would have construed it.
  裁判庭在解释委托人与律师的合同时，应当处于委托人境况中的常人那样解释它。
• How do you construe what he did?
  你对他之所为作何解释？
• It helps to construe the motivation and mechanism of the extension of meanings of a polysemous word.
  认知语言学有助于解释多义词各个延伸意思的产生动因和机制。
• Please do not construe this as any criticism of yourself.
  请加紧把这理解为对你的批评。