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construe

🇬🇧 UK/kәn'stru:/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2

Definitions

v.

To interpret or understand something in a particular way; to analyze the grammatical structure of a sentence.

解释,理解;分析句子结构

n.

A translation or interpretation of a text.

直译,解释

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
contogether, with
+
struebuild, construct, arrange
=construe

Common Collocations

  • 1.construe as理解为
  • 2.construe meaning解释意义

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The court will construe the legal document according to its literal meaning and intent.

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