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单词 construing
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construing in British English

present participle of verb
construe
 

construe in British English

(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

Examples of 'construing' in a sentence
construing

There was no basis for construing section 9 as excluding proceedings relating to the enforcement of a foreign arbitral award.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This translation is by the author, and she has evident difficulties in construing her original.
The Times Literary Supplement (2015)
Issue (i) involved solving a problem of interpretation that was familiar to all lawyers concerned with construing documents.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Construing the clause, the expert had no jurisdiction to determine any issues until there had been an allocation.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There was no basis for construing the definition differently because it was incorporated in a contract.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
That principle was relevant when construing the exception clause in particular on the issue of attribution.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
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