construct
英 [k?n'str?kt]美[k?n'str?kt]
- vt. 建造，構造；創立
- n. 構想，概念
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詞態變化
復數:?constructs;第三人稱單數:?constructs;過去式:?constructed;過去分詞:?constructed;現在分詞:?constructing;
中文詞源
construct 建造
con-, 強調。-str, 拉長，展開，建造，詞源同structure,instruct. 即展開的，建造的。
英文詞源
- construct
- construct: [17] Construct comes from the present participle of Latin construere ‘pile up together, build’, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- and struere ‘pile up’ (source of English destroy and structure). English acquired the same verb somewhat earlier, in the 14th century, in the form construe.
=> construe, destroy, structure - construct (v.)
- early 15c., from Latin constructus, past participle of construere "to heap up" (see construction). Related: Constructed; constructing.
- construct (n.)
- 1871 in linguistics, 1890 in psychology, 1933 in the general sense of "anything constructed;" from construct (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. Any attempt to construct an ideal society is foredoomed to failure.
- 任何構建理想社會的努力都注定要失敗。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. It is proverbially easier to destroy than to construct.
- 誰都知道破壞容易建設難.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. How many man - days will be needed to construct this irrigation canal?
- 修這條渠道要多少人工?
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. Every citizen has the duty to construct his country.
- 每個公民都有建設祖國的責任.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. Let's construct a square on this line.
- 讓我們以這條線做一個正方形.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
