Construct



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 建筑, 构成
• ［英］ v. 建筑, 构成 ( build sth)
• ［记］ con ( 共同) +struct ( 建立) -> 共同建立 -> 建造
• ［同］ 同根词: destruction ( n .破坏) ; obstruct ( 妨碍, 阻塞) 派生词: construction ( n. 建筑, 施工) ; constructive ( adj. 建设性的)

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

• Etymology: Latin constructus, past participle of construere, from com- + struere to build — more at structure
• Date: 1663
• 1. to make or form by combining or arranging parts or elements ; build; also contrive, devise
• 2. to draw (a geometrical figure) with suitable instruments and under specified conditions
• 3. to set in logical order
• ? constructability also constructibility noun
• ? constructable or constructible adjective
• ? constructor noun

II. noun

• Date: 1933
• 1. something constructed by the mind: as
  • a. a theoretical entity <the deductive study of abstract constructs — D. J. Boorstin
  • b. a working hypothesis or concept <the unconscious was a construct that came from the daily effort to understand patients
• 2. a product of ideology, history, or social circumstances <privacy is more than a social construct or an idea; it is a condition of the body — Sallie Tisdale

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