construe
v
1 [Tn, Tw, Cn.n/a]
~ sth (as sth) (fml 文) explain the meaning of (words, sentences, actions, etc); interpret sth 解釋(詞語、 句子、 行為等)的意義; 理解
How do you construe what he did? 你對他之所為作何解釋?
Her remarks were wrongly construed, ie were misunderstood. 她的話被誤解了.
I construed his statement as a refusal. 據我看他的說法就是拒絕. Cf 參看 construction 4.
2
(a) [Tn] (grammar) analyse the syntax of (a sentence) 對(句子) 作句法分析.
(b) [I, Tn] (dated 舊) translate (a piece of text, esp from Latin or Greek) 翻譯(文章的片斷, 尤指原文為拉丁文或希臘文).