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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Attitude system can evaluate the feelings texts construe, including Affect, Judgment and Appreciation.
  由于态度系统可以用来评价文本中所构建的感情，其中包括情感反应、行为判断以及事物鉴赏。
• He had tried to construe a passage from Homer.
  他曾尝试注释荷马著作的一段文字。
• 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。
• To deduce ( a principle or doctrine); construe ( a meaning). the interpretation of every word in the Bible as literal truth.
  演绎，解释推断（原则或教义）；分析（意义）逐字演绎圣经教义的基督教。
• 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。
• The new President, too, seizes an early occasion to indorse and strongly construe that decision, and to express his astonishment that any different view had ever been entertained!
  同样，新总统也曾在早些时候支援并阐述过此项裁决，还表示说竟有人对此有不同的观点，令他大为吃惊！
• 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。