construct
英 [k?n'str?kt]
美[k?n'str?kt]
- vt. 建造，构造；创立
- n. 构想，概念
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词态变化
复数:?constructs;第三人称单数:?constructs;过去式:?constructed;过去分词:?constructed;现在分词:?constructing;
中文词源
construct 建造
con-, 强调。-str, 拉长，展开，建造，词源同structure,instruct. 即展开的，建造的。
英文词源
- 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.).
双语例句
- 1. Any attempt to construct an ideal society is foredoomed to failure.
- 任何构建理想社会的努力都注定要失败。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. It is proverbially easier to destroy than to construct.
- 谁都知道破坏容易建设难.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. How many man - days will be needed to construct this irrigation canal?
- 修这条渠道要多少人工?
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. Every citizen has the duty to construct his country.
- 每个公民都有建设祖国的责任.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. Let's construct a square on this line.
- 让我们以这条线做一个正方形.
来自《简明英汉词典》