Construe
Construe 是一个动词。它侧重于从复杂的语言或行为中“推理出”某种特定的意义。
- His silence was construed as agreement. (他的沉默被理解为同意。)
- How do you construe this difficult passage in the poem? (你如何解读这首诗中这段艰涩的内容？)
- The judge must construe the law as it is written, not as he wants it to be. (法官必须根据法律条文的原意进行解读，而不是根据他个人的意愿。)
- 词根：
-stru-(建造，如 structure, construct) - 前缀：
con-(一起) - 含义：把意义“建构”出来 -> 解读。
联想 construct (建造)。Construe 就是在大脑里“建构（stru）”出一个解释。
The boss’s comment was carefully construed by everyone in the office, searching for hidden meanings. (老板的评论被办公室里的每一个人仔细解读，寻找其中的言外之意。)