| 单词 | to bear a construction |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bear a construction b. †to make (a) construction: to give an explanation or meaning to; to explain or interpret in a certain way. Obsolete. to bear a construction: to allow of being explained in a certain way. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > interpret in particular way [verb (transitive)] understandc1000 interpretc1380 construea1400 construec1465 to make (a) construction1528 expound1533 confera1555 reada1556 decipher1569 resemble1592 intellect1599 1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. Av Ye may soone make construction With right lytell instruction. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. ii. 216 There is shrewd construction made of her. View more context for this quotation 1620 F. Bacon Let. 19 Mar. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) III. 236 I humblye praye your Lordships to make a favourable and true construction of my absence. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xiv. 27 He would have made a less angry Construction, had I less deserved that he should do so. 1848 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. xxi Facts which would bear two constructions. < as lemmas |
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