[with obj.]build or erect (something, typically a building, road, machine) 建筑;建造;建立;构筑(某物,尤指建筑物、公路、机器) a company that constructs oil rigs. 建造石油钻塔的公司。 ■form (an idea or theory) by bringing together various conceptual elements, typically over a period of time 组成;构成;形成(观念,理论) poetics should construct a theory of literary discourse. 诗学应该形成文学话语理论。 ■(Grammar)form (a sentence) according to grammatical rules (语法)造(句) ■(Geometry)draw or delineate (a geometrical figure) accurately to given conditions (几何)作(图)
noun
an idea or theory containing various conceptual elements, typically one considered to be subjective and not based on empirical evidence (尤指主观的)观念,概念;构想 history is largely an ideological construct. 历史很大程度上是一种意识形态方面的抽象概念。 ■(Linguistics)a group of words forming a phrase (语言学)结构体,结构成分 ■a physical thing which is deliberately built or formed 建造物;组成物,构成物
派生 constructor noun 语源
late Middle English: from Latin construct- 'heaped together, built', from the verb construere, from con- 'together' + struere 'pile, build'