construe
verb /kənˈstruː/
/kənˈstruː/
[usually passive] (formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they construe | /kənˈstruː/ /kənˈstruː/ |
| he / she / it construes | /kənˈstruːz/ /kənˈstruːz/ |
| past simple construed | /kənˈstruːd/ /kənˈstruːd/ |
| past participle construed | /kənˈstruːd/ /kənˈstruːd/ |
| -ing form construing | /kənˈstruːɪŋ/ /kənˈstruːɪŋ/ |
- to understand the meaning of a word, a sentence or an action in a particular way
理解；领会 - be construed He considered how the remark was to be construed.
他考虑这话该如何理解。 - be construed as something Her words could hardly be construed as an apology.
她的话怎么想都不像是道歉。
词源late Middle English: from Latin construere, from con- ‘together’ + struere ‘pile, build’, in late Latin ‘analyse the construction of a sentence’. - be construed He considered how the remark was to be construed.