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

• In this paper, we construe the Intelligence Home system's frame and needing technology at first.
  本文首先分析了智能家居管理系统的架构及其技术，指出了目前市场上智能家居系统的不足。
• Last week, a constituent contacted me and asked me to help him construe an article contained within the constitution.
  上星期，一位选民跟我联系，让我帮他解释一下宪法中包含的某则条款。
• Imagery and construal are two synonymous notions in Cognitive Grammar, referring to peoples cognitive ability to construe a situation in alternate ways for purposes of thought or expression.
  “意象”与“识解”是两个意义相近的认知语法术语，用来表示以不同方式建构某一情景的认知能力。
• 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。
• 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。
• No one would deny that the modes of communication are changing rapidly, perhaps as rapidly as in Gutenberg's day, but it is misleading to construe that change as unprecedented.
  没有人会否认，交流的模式正在迅速改变，当下的速度可能和古登堡那个时代变化一样快，但是把这种变化视作史无前例就是误导了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He had tried to construe a passage from Homer.
  他曾尝试注释荷马著作的一段文字。