interpret
verb OPAL WOPAL S
/ɪnˈtɜːprət/
/ɪnˈtɜːrprət/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they interpret | /ɪnˈtɜːprət/ /ɪnˈtɜːrprət/ |
| he / she / it interprets | /ɪnˈtɜːprəts/ /ɪnˈtɜːrprəts/ |
| past simple interpreted | /ɪnˈtɜːprətɪd/ /ɪnˈtɜːrprətɪd/ |
| past participle interpreted | /ɪnˈtɜːprətɪd/ /ɪnˈtɜːrprətɪd/ |
| -ing form interpreting | /ɪnˈtɜːprətɪŋ/ /ɪnˈtɜːrprətɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] interpret something to explain the meaning of something
诠释；说明 - The students were asked to interpret the poem.
学生们被要求诠释那首诗的意义。 - The data can be interpreted in many different ways.
这份资料可以从多方面解读。 - These results must be interpreted cautiously.
这些结果必须谨慎地加以诠释。
- judges who will faithfully interpret the Constitution
将会忠实解释宪法的法官 - These figures cannot be easily interpreted.
这些数字解释起来并不容易。 - We all seek to interpret what we hear and what we read.
对所听到的和读到的东西我们都会试图作出解释。 - The figure of the Ancient Mariner has been variously interpreted.
对于《古舟子咏》中描绘的这一形象，一直有着各种各样的理解。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- correctly
- properly
- …
- be difficult to
- be hard to
- be able to
- …
- as
- be interpreted to mean something
- be variously interpreted (as something)
- be widely interpreted as something
- …
- The students were asked to interpret the poem.
- [transitive] to decide that something has a particular meaning and to understand it in this way
把…理解为；领会 - interpret something as something I didn't know whether to interpret her silence as acceptance or refusal.
我不知该把她的沉默看作接受还是拒绝。 - interpret something The research focused on how parents interpret the behaviour of their toddlers.
这项研究的重点是父母如何解释他们幼儿的行为。
- Different people might interpret events differently.
不同的人可能对事件有不同的理解。 - The title could be interpreted to mean ‘human intelligence’.
题目的意思可以理解为“人的智慧”。 - The term ‘business’ is here interpreted broadly to include all types of organization in the public and private sectors.
在这儿business 一词泛指公营和私营的各类组织。 - Her message was interpreted as a warning to the general.
她的话被理解为对将军的警告。 - Her resignation has been widely interpreted as an admission of her guilt.
她的辞职已被广泛地理解为她承认罪责。 - The strictness of the rules, even when liberally interpreted, has the effect of restricting innovation.
这些规则如此严苛，即使从宽泛的角度加以理解，也会抑制创新。 - It is context and convention that determine whether a term will be interpreted literally or metaphorically.
对一个词的理解是按字面意思还是隐喻的意思要视乎上下文和习惯。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- correctly
- properly
- …
- be difficult to
- be hard to
- be able to
- …
- as
- be interpreted to mean something
- be variously interpreted (as something)
- be widely interpreted as something
- …
- interpret something as something I didn't know whether to interpret her silence as acceptance or refusal.
- [intransitive, transitive] to translate one language into another as it is spoken
口译； 传译 - He took me with him to interpret in case no one spoke English.
他带我去翻译，以防没人说英语。 - interpret for somebody She couldn't speak much English so her children had to interpret for her.
她讲不了几句英语，所以她的孩子们得给她翻译。 - interpret something Interpreters must interpret everything that is said in the interaction.
口译员必须翻译互动中所说的一切。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- correctly
- properly
- …
- be difficult to
- be hard to
- be able to
- …
- as
- be interpreted to mean something
- be variously interpreted (as something)
- be widely interpreted as something
- …
- He took me with him to interpret in case no one spoke English.
- [transitive] interpret something to perform a piece of music, a role in a play, etc. in a way that shows your feelings about its meaning
演绎（按自己的感觉演奏音乐或表现角色） - He interpreted the role with a lot of humour.
他把这个角色演得十分幽默。
- He interpreted the role with a lot of humour.
词源late Middle English: from Old French interpreter or Latin interpretari ‘explain, translate’, from interpres, interpret- ‘agent, translator, interpreter’.