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

• Please do not construe this as any criticism of yourself.
  请加紧把这理解为对你的批评。
• 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。
• 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。
• Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section.
  标题仅供参考，不是定义、限制、解释或者描述范围、程度。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• This contract shall is construe in accordance with the laws of the people's republic of china.
  本合同将按中华人民共和国的法律来解释。