Construe



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 解释; 翻译
• ［英］ v. 解释 ( to explain or interpret) ; 翻译 ( to translate orally)
• ［记］ con＋strue=struct ( 结构) -> 弄清结构 -> 解释
• ［例］ You can construe what he said in a number of different ways.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (construed; construing)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin construere, from Latin, to construct
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part)
  • 2. to understand or explain the sense or intention of usually in a particular way or with respect to a given set of circumstances <construed my actions as hostile
• intransitive verb
  • to construe a sentence or sentence part especially in connection with translating
• ? construable adjective

II. noun

• Date: 1844
• an act or the result of construing especially by piecemeal translation

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