| 单词 | reconstruct |
| 释义 | reconstruct (once / 855 pages) v If the verb to "construct" means to build something, then to reconstruct means to build it again. You can reconstruct a building, a city, or even an idea. If a house is destroyed in a fire, earthquake, or flood, you might try to reconstruct it — or you could build a totally new one. Either way, though, you could still be said to be reconstructing your home. Some buildings were destroyed so long ago that we don't know what they really looked like. The same can be said for whole cities and cultures. Still, archeologists try to reconstruct how those cities and cultures appeared at the time that they were flourishing. Linguists reconstruct long-dead languages. Detectives try to reconstruct crimes in order to figure out who committed them. WORD FAMILYreconstruct: reconstructed, reconstructing, reconstruction, reconstructive, reconstructs+/construct: constructed, constructing, construction, constructive, constructor, constructs, deconstruct, reconstruct/construction: constructions/constructive: constructively, constructiveness, constructivism, unconstructive/constructivism: constructivist/constructivist: constructivists/constructor: constructors/deconstruct: deconstructed, deconstructing, deconstruction, deconstructivism, deconstructs/deconstruction: deconstructionism, deconstructions/deconstructionism: deconstructionist/reconstructed: unreconstructed/reconstruction: reconstructions/unreconstructed: unreconstructedly USAGE EXAMPLESThat teacher reconstructed the actual test questions from students’ notes, and taught the questions in class, Street said. Washington Times(Dec 16, 2016) The spill occurred in March while American Civil Contractors was reconstructing U.S. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) Not even the Supreme Court could reconstruct Andersen’s business or heal the devastating trauma suffered by its partners and employees. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1v build again Syn|Hyper rebuild build, construct, make make by combining materials and parts 2v do over, as of (part of) a house Syn|Hyper redo, remodel alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 3v reassemble mentally reconstruct the events of 20 years ago Syn|Hypo|Hyper construct, retrace etymologise, etymologize construct the history of words conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds 4v cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 5v return to its original or usable and functioning condition Syn|Hypo|Hyper restore decompress, uncompress restore to its uncompressed form rehabilitatehelp to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute rehabilitaterestore to a state of good condition or operation defibrillatestop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks reinstaterestore to the previous state or rank rehabilitatereinstall politically regenerate, renew reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new |
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