put a construction on somethingformalMEANING to think that a statement has a particular meaning or that something was done for a particular reason 说明某事物,解释某事物 The judge put an entirely different construction on his remarks. 法官对他的话作了完全不同的解释。
put a construction on something• The law does not say that specifically, but people have chosen to put that construction on it.
→ put a construction on something at construction(1)