| 单词 | to put a good, bad, favourable, charitable construction upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put a good, bad, favourable, charitable (or other) construction upon a. Interpretation put upon conduct, action, facts, words, etc.; the way in which these are taken or viewed by onlookers; usually with qualification, as to put a good, bad, favourable, charitable (or other) construction upon. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > [noun] interpretation1387 intendment1390 sense1584 construction1592 reading1624 turn1688 construal1960 take1977 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. E3v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) To admit me fauorable and indifferent construction, of what I shal here vnfould vnto you by writing. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. iv. 45 O illegitimate construction! I scorne that with my heeles. View more context for this quotation 1609 C. Tourneur Funerall Poeme sig. C2 The bitter censures of malignancies, In managements so subiect to construction. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. iv. 12 To finde the Mindes construction in the Face. View more context for this quotation a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 82 A charitable construction of each others acts and intentions. 1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. ii. 38 To put the best Construction might be, on such Irregular actions. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. III. 499 Some Good may be done, though at the Expence of Envy and ill Construction. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 174 Since such is the construction that is put upon my patience. 1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 126 Locke..guards himself..against any such construction. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。