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

• 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 had tried to construe a passage from Homer.
  他曾尝试注释荷马著作的一段文字。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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 construe good English into bad Chinese.
  把优美的英文译成拙劣的汉语。