单词 | construe |
释义 | construe —construer, n. v. /keuhn strooh"/ or, esp. Brit., /kon"strooh/; n. /kon"strooh/, v. , construed, construing, n. v.t. 1. to give the meaning or intention of; explain; interpret. 2. to deduce by inference or interpretation; infer: He construed her intentions from her gestures. 3. to translate, esp. orally. 4. to analyze the syntax of; to rehearse the applicable grammatical rules of: to construe a sentence. 5. to arrange or combine (words, phrases, etc.) syntactically. v.i. 6. to admit of grammatical analysis or interpretation. n. 7. the act of construing. 8. something that is construed. [1325-75; ME construen < L construere to put together, build, equiv. to con- CON- + struere to pile up, arrange, perh. akin to sternere to spread, STREW; see STRATUM] |
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