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construct

verb
 OPAL WOPAL S
🔊/kənˈstrʌkt/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they construct
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he / she / it constructs
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past simple constructed
🔊/kənˈstrʌktɪd/
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past participle constructed
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-ing form constructing
🔊/kənˈstrʌktɪŋ/
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  1.  
     [often passive] to build or make something such as a road, building or machine建筑；修建；建造
    • construct something The building was constructed in 1993.该建筑建于1993年。
    • construct something out of something They constructed a shelter out of fallen branches.他们用落下的枯树枝搭了个窝棚。🔊🔊
    • construct something from something The frame is constructed from lightweight aluminium.框架由轻质铝制成。
    • construct something of something On the smaller islands, houses are often constructed of local materials.在较小的岛屿上，房屋通常是用当地材料建造的。
    Synonyms buildbuild
    • construct
    • assemble
    • erect
    • put something up
    These words all mean to make something, especially by putting different parts together.
    • build to make something, especially a building, by putting parts together:
      • a house built of stone用石头建造的房子
      • They’re going to build on the site of the old power station.他们要在老发电站那里盖房子。
    • construct [often passive] (rather formal) to build something such as a road, building or machine
    • assemble (rather formal) to fit together all the separate parts of something such as a piece of furniture or a machine:指装配、组装（家具、机器等）：
      • The cupboard is easy to assemble.这个橱柜容易组装。
    • erect (formal) to build something; to put something in position and make it stand upright:指建立、建造、安装、竖立、搭起：
      • Police had to erect barriers to keep crowds back.警察只得设立路障来阻截人群。
    • put something up to build something or place something somewhere:
      • They’re putting up new hotels in order to boost tourism in the area.他们正在盖新旅馆以促进该地区的旅游业。
    Patterns
    • to build/​construct/​erect/​put up a house/​wall
    • to build/​construct/​erect/​put up some shelves
    • to build/​construct/​erect/​put up a barrier/​fence/​shelter
    • to build/​construct/​assemble a(n) engine/​machine
    • to build/​construct a road/​railway/​tunnel
    • to erect/​put up a tent/​statue/​monument
    Topics Buildingsb2
  2.  
     construct something to form something by putting different things together组成；创建 synonym put together
    • You must learn how to construct a logical argument.你必须学会怎样确立合乎逻辑的论点。🔊🔊
    • to construct a theory创立一种理论
    • For these experiments it is necessary to construct a model using data from other sources.对于这些实验，有必要使用其他来源的数据来构建模型。
    • a well-constructed novel构思巧妙的小说
    • his carefully constructed public image他精心打造的公众形象
    • the socially constructed nature of gender roles性别角色的社会建构性质
  3. construct something (geometry几何) to draw a line or shape according to the rules of mathematics（按照数学规则）编制，绘制
    • to construct a triangle画一个三角形
    4. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin construct- ‘heaped together, built’, from the verb construere, from con- ‘together’ + struere ‘pile, build’.

construct

noun
OPAL W
🔊/ˈkɒnstrʌkt/
🔊/ˈkɑːnstrʌkt/
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  1. an idea or a belief that is based on various pieces of evidence that have not always been proved to be true（根据不总是真实的各种证据得出的）构想，观念，概念
    • a contrast between lived reality and the construct held in the mind现实生活与头脑所持概念之间的明显差别
  2. (linguistics语言学) a group of words that form a phrase（短语的）结构成分，结构体
  3. a thing that is built or made建造物；构筑物；制成物
    4. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin construct- ‘heaped together, built’, from the verb construere, from con- ‘together’ + struere ‘pile, build’.