| 词汇 | put-a-construction-on |
| 释义 | put a construction on somethingphrase formal to understand something in a particular way: （以特定方式）理解 How can they put such a damning construction on a perfectly innocent phrase?他们怎么能把一个毫无恶意的词语理解为谴责呢？ They tried to put a positive construction on what was in reality a very damaging event. If you see your role as inferior, it is solely because you have chosen to put that construction on it. She sees the loss of our home as a chance for us to make a new start, but that's certainly not the construction I put on it. to understand something as having a particular meaning, especially other people's actions and statements: 把…解释为 I don't want them to put the wrong construction on my actions.我不想让他们误解我的举动。 I was shocked that she found my article cynical but when I re-read it, I could see how she might have put that construction on it. It's very difficult to put a positive construction on her recent actions. We couldn't help putting a negative construction on John's sudden departure from London. I'm not sure what construction we can put on the minister's statement. See construeformal See also construction |
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