| 单词 | construct |
| 释义 | construct (once / 81 pages) 1v 2v 3vn 4v To construct things is to build them. You might construct a sand castle the next time you're at the beach, or you might construct a theory about why your brother always manages to get away with breaking the rules. The verb construct comes from the Latin word constructus, meaning “to heap up.” If you work in construction you're in the business of building things, and you probably construct buildings, roads, municipal parks, and other large permanent structures. Students of psychology are familiar with the noun form of construct, which refers to an abstract concept. Much of psychological theory is founded on constructs — like gender, morality, and intelligence. WORD FAMILYconstruct: constructed, constructing, construction, constructive, constructor, constructs, deconstruct, reconstruct+/construction: constructions/constructive: constructively, constructiveness, constructivism, unconstructive/constructivism: constructivist/constructivist: constructivists/constructor: constructors/deconstruct: deconstructed, deconstructing, deconstruction, deconstructivism, deconstructs/deconstruction: deconstructionism, deconstructions/deconstructionism: deconstructionist/reconstruct: reconstructed, reconstructing, reconstruction, reconstructive, reconstructs/reconstructed: unreconstructed/reconstruction: reconstructions/unreconstructed: unreconstructedly USAGE EXAMPLESWith two minutes to play, he needed to construct a drive from his own 25-yard line into field goal range for a tying kick. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Inner speech may participate in reasoning about right and wrong by constructing point-counterpoint situations in our minds. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) If “La La Land” weren’t so impeccably constructed, you might say it belongs in another era. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) 1 1v make by combining materials and parts Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer Syn|Hypo|Hyper build, make build be engaged in building customise, customize make according to requirements revetconstruct a revetment dry-wallconstruct with drywall lockbuild locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels wattlebuild of or with wattle frame, frame upconstruct by fitting or uniting parts together rebuild, reconstructbuild again groinbuild with groins cantileverconstruct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed erect, put up, raise, rear, set upconstruct, build, or erect corduroybuild (a road) from logs laid side by side channelise, channelizemake a channel for; provide with a channel create, make make or cause to be or to become 2v put together out of artificial or natural components or parts 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper fabricate, manufacture mass-produce produce on a large scale raftmake into a raft make make by shaping or bringing together constituents v draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions 3construct an equilateral triangle Hyper delineate, describe, draw, line, trace make a mark or lines on a surface 1v create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts construct a proof construct an argument Hyper create by mental act, create mentally create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands 2v reassemble mentally Syn|Hypo|Hyper reconstruct, retrace etymologise, etymologize construct the history of words conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds 3n an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances 4Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper concept, conception misconception an incorrect conception conceptualisation, conceptuality, conceptualization an elaborated concept notiona general inclusive concept categorya general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme regulation, rulea principle or condition that customarily governs behavior attribute, dimension, propertya construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished abstract, abstractiona concept or idea not associated with any specific instance quantitythe concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable division, part, sectionone of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole wholeall of something including all its component elements or parts law, natural lawa rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society law, law of naturea generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature lexicalized concepta concept that is expressed by a word (in some particular language) hypothesis, possibility, theorya tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena facta concept whose truth can be proved linguistic rule, rule(linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice frameone of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided rightan abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature perceptiona way of conceiving something mumpsimusa traditional notion that is obstinately held although it is unreasonable form, kind, sort, varietya category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality pigeonholea specific (often simplistic) category rubriccategory name waya general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of' limitation, restrictiona principle that limits the extent of something guideline, guidepost, rule of thumba rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior cy pres, cy pres doctrine, rule of cy presa rule that when literal compliance is impossible the intention of a donor or testator should be carried out as nearly as possible working principle, working rulea rule that is adequate to permit work to be done character, lineament, qualitya characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something characteristic, featurea prominent attribute or aspect of something feature, feature of speech(linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind absolutesomething that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative teachera personified abstraction that teaches thinga special abstraction quantuma discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory termany distinct quantity contained in a polynomial numerical quantitya quantity expressed as a number operanda quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed variable, variable quantitya quantity that can assume any of a set of values constant, constant quantity, invariablea quantity that does not vary parametera quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data mathematical product, producta quantity obtained by multiplication amount, sum, totala quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers proportionalone of the quantities in a mathematical proportion beginningthe first part or section of something middlean intermediate part or section enda final part or section high pointthe most enjoyable part of a given experience component, constituent, element, factor, ingredientan abstract part of something unita single undivided whole compounda whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts complex, compositea conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts divine lawa law that is believed to come directly from God principlea basic truth or law or assumption all-or-none law(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus principle, rulea rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system Archimedes' principle, law of Archimedes(hydrostatics) the apparent loss in weight of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid Avogadro's hypothesis, Avogadro's lawthe principle that equal volumes of all gases (given the same temperature and pressure) contain equal numbers of molecules Bernoulli's law, law of large numbers(statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population statistics Benford's lawa law used by auditors to identify fictitious populations of numbers; applies to any population of numbers derived from other numbers Bose-Einstein statistics(physics) statistical law obeyed by a system of particles whose wave function is not changed when two particles are interchanged (the Pauli exclusion principle does not apply) Boyle's law, Mariotte's lawthe pressure of an ideal gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the volume Coulomb's Lawa fundamental principle of electrostatics; the force of attraction or repulsion between two charged particles is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the distance between them; principle also holds for magnetic poles Dalton's law, Dalton's law of partial pressures, law of partial pressures(chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture; the pressure of a gas in a mixture equals the pressure it would exert if it occupied the same volume alone at the same temperature distribution law(chemistry) the total energy in an assembly of molecules is not distributed equally but is distributed around an average value according to a statistical distribution equilibrium law, law of chemical equilibrium(chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward reaction to the rate of the reverse reaction is a constant for that reaction Fechner's law, Weber-Fechner law(psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to the logarithm of the stimulus intensity; based on early work by E. H. Weber Fermi-Dirac statistics(physics) law obeyed by a systems of particles whose wave function changes when two particles are interchanged (the Pauli exclusion principle applies) Charles's law, Gay-Lussac's law, law of volumes(physics) the density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the temperature Henry's law(chemistry) law formulated by the English chemist William Henry; the amount of a gas that will be absorbed by water increases as the gas pressure increases Hooke's law(physics) the principle that (within the elastic limit) the stress applied to a solid is proportional to the strain produced Hubble law, Hubble's law(astronomy) the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies (the red shift) is proportional to their distance from the observer Kepler's law, Kepler's law of planetary motion(astronomy) one of three empirical laws of planetary motion stated by Johannes Kepler Kirchhoff's laws(physics) two laws governing electric networks in which steady currents flow: the sum of all the currents at a point is zero and the sum of the voltage gains and drops around any closed circuit is zero law of averagesa law affirming that in the long run probabilities will determine performance law of constant proportion, law of definite proportions(chemistry) law stating that every pure substance always contains the same elements combined in the same proportions by weight law of diminishing returnsa law affirming that to continue after a certain level of performance has been reached will result in a decline in effectiveness law of effect(psychology) the principle that behaviors are selected by their consequences; behavior having good consequences tends to be repeated whereas behavior that leads to bad consequences is not repeated law of equivalent proportions, law of reciprocal proportions(chemistry) law stating that the proportions in which two elements separately combine with a third element are also the proportions in which they combine together Newton's law of gravitation, law of gravitation(physics) the law that states any two bodies attract each other with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them Dalton's law, law of multiple proportions(chemistry) law stating that when two elements can combine to form more than one compound the amounts of one of them that combines with a fixed amount of the other will exhibit a simple multiple relation law of mass action(chemistry) the law that states the following principle: the rate of a chemical reaction is directly proportional to the molecular concentrations of the reacting substances law of thermodynamics(physics) a law governing the relations between states of energy in a closed system Mendel's law(genetics) one of two principles of heredity formulated by Gregor Mendel on the basis of his experiments with plants; the principles were limited and modified by subsequent genetic research Newton's law, Newton's law of motion, law of motionone of three basic laws of classical mechanics Ohm's lawelectric current is directly proportional to voltage and inversely proportional to resistance; I = E/R Pascal's law, Pascal's law of fluid pressurespressure applied anywhere to a body of fluid causes a force to be transmitted equally in all directions; the force acts at right angles to any surface in contact with the fluid Pauli exclusion principle, exclusion principleno two electrons or protons or neutrons in a given system can be in states characterized by the same set of quantum numbers Mendeleev's law, periodic law(chemistry) the principle that chemical properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers Planck's law(physics) the basis of quantum theory; the energy of electromagnetic waves is contained in indivisible quanta that have to be radiated or absorbed as a whole; the magnitude is proportional to frequency where the constant of proportionality is given by Planck's constant Planck's radiation law(physics) an equation that expresses the distribution of energy in the radiated spectrum of an ideal black body hypotheticala hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc. gemmulethe physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity framework, model, theoretical accounta hypothetical description of a complex entity or process conjecture, speculationa hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence) assumption, supposal, suppositiona hypothesis that is taken for granted principle of relativity(physics) a universal law that states that the laws of mechanics are not affected by a uniform rectilinear motion of the system of coordinates to which they are referred Stevens' law, Stevens' power law, power law(psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to a power of the stimulus intensity Weber's law(psychophysics) the concept that a just-noticeable difference in a stimulus is proportional to the magnitude of the original stimulus binomial(mathematics) a quantity expressed as a sum or difference of two terms; a polynomial with two terms historicisma theory that social and cultural events are determined by history sound lawa law describing sound changes in the history of a language linguistic universal, universal(linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages grammatical rule, rule of grammara linguistic rule for the syntax of grammatical utterances morphological rule, rule of morphologya linguistic rule for the formation of words chukka, chukker(polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided frame, inning(baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat game(tennis) a division of play during which one player serves bout, round, turn(sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive first periodthe first division into which the play of a game is divided second periodthe second division into which the play of a game is divided final periodthe final division into which the play of a game is divided halfone of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval period(ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games quarter(football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided over(cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch idea, thought the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about v create by linking linguistic units construct a sentence construct a paragraph Hyper create by mental act, create mentally create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands |
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