释义 |
re·construct \|rē+\ transitive verb Etymology: re- + construct : to construct again: as a. (1) : to build again : rebuild < reconstructing destroyed railroads > (2) : to make over : repair < reconstructed the highways that needed it > b. : to subject (an organ or part of the body) to surgery so as to correct a defect in or to reform c. (1) : reconstitute < reconstructed lemon juice > (2) : reorganize, reestablish < reconstructing society during the postwar period > (3) : rehabilitate < reconstructing a twisted personality > d. (1) : to put together again : reassemble < reconstructing a ruined pagan temple > (2) : to restore or mount (a sheet of postage stamps) in the original form or in a replica of the original form (3) : to form (as a gem) by fusing together particles derived from one or more natural stones of the kind desired < a reconstructed ruby > e. : to build up again mentally (as from available evidence) : form a concept of : reevoke, re-create < reconstructing the culture of a lost civilization > f. : to win over, make conform, or reconcile to a new or different order < refuses to be reconstructed by events — Carl Van Doren > |