| 词汇 | construe |
| 释义 | construeWord family nounconstruabilityconstrueradjectiveconstruableverbconstrue con·strue /kənˈstruː/ ●○○ verb [transitiveT] MEANINGto understand a remark or action in a particular way 将…理解[领会]为 → misconstrue be construed as something comments that could be construed as sexist 可以理解为有性别歧视的言论 The term can be construed in two different ways. 这个用语可以有两种不同的理解。 n Grammar Construe is usually passive in this meaning. Examples from the Corpus construe• That role has always been narrowly construed.• Instances occur where the courts feel obliged to construe a statute in a way that they themselves acknowledge creates outrageous injustice.• Even a thickening waist, while annoying, can be construed as a viewer problem, to an extent.• The district court recognized that the Alabama statute violated the establishment clause as construed by the Supreme Court.• Properly construed, it is, we think, a promising theory.• The way the theory construed its object would determine the nature of the theory itself.• Accordingly, we would construe the guarantee and debenture in the same way that we have construed the mortgage deeds. be construed as something• Winston acknowledged that his comments could be construed as racist. (1300-1400) Late Latin construere, from Latin, “to construct”, from com- ( → COM-) + struere “to build” |
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