单词 | construe |
释义 | Word Frequency construe(kənˈstruː) verbWord forms: -strues, -struing or -strued (mainly tr) 1. to interpret the meaning of (something) you can construe that in different ways 2. (may take a clause as object) to discover by inference; deduce 3. to analyse the grammatical structure of; parse (esp a Latin or Greek text as a preliminary to translation) 4. to combine (words) syntactically 5. (also intr) old-fashioned to translate literally, esp aloud as an academic exercise noun 6. old-fashioned something that is construed, such as a piece of translation Derived forms construable (conˈstruable) adjective construability (conˌstruaˈbility) noun construer (conˈstruer) noun Word origin C14: from Latin construere to pile up; see construct |
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