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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He had tried to construe a passage from Homer.
  他曾尝试注释荷马著作的一段文字。
• 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！
• This sentense won't construe.
  这个句子不可分析。
• 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。
• You may construe the statement of the government spokesman in a number of different ways.
  政府发言人的声明可以有好几种解释。