construe

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

con·strue (kən-stro͞oʹ)v. con·strued, con·stru·ing, con·struesv. tr.
1. To adduce or explain the meaning of; interpret:
construed my smile as assent.
See Synonyms at explain.
2. Grammar.
a. To analyze the structure of (a clause or sentence).
b. To use syntactically:
The noun fish can be construed as singular or plural.
3. To translate, especially aloud.v. intr.
1. To analyze grammatical structure.
2. To be subject to grammatical analysis.n. (kŏnʹstro͞o')
An interpretation or translation. [Middle English construen, from Late Latin cōnstruere, from Latin, to build. See construct.] con·struʹal n.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  interpret, see