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VERB
建筑;建造;修建
If you construct something such as a building, road, or machine, you build it or make it.
例句
The French constructed a series of fortresses from Dunkirk on the Channel coast to Douai...
法國人在從敦克爾刻到杜埃的英吉利海峽沿岸修筑了一系列要塞。
The boxes should be constructed from rough-sawn timber...
這些箱子應該用粗鋸木料來做。
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VERB
構想，構筑，構思(思想、作品、體系等)
If you construct something such as an idea, a piece of writing, or a system, you create it by putting different parts together.
例句
You will find it difficult to construct a spending plan without first recording your spending...
你會發現不先把自己的開銷記錄下來就很難制訂支出計劃。
He eventually constructed a business empire which ran to Thailand and Singapore...
他最終構筑起了一個延伸至泰國和新加坡的商業帝國。
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N-COUNT
復雜的構想(或思想);觀念
A construct is a complex idea.
例句
...the underlying constructs (beliefs, philosophy, etc.) which influence action and behaviour...
影響行動和行為的根本思想(信仰、處世哲學等)
It was a re-enactment of the same mental construct under which slavery was justified.
這是為奴隸制辯護的同一思想觀念的再現。
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N-COUNT
建筑物;建造物;創造物
A construct is something that is built, made, or created.
例句
As the flimsy constructs soared, the men paid out twine until the kites reached three or four thousand feet...
隨著這輕薄的東西向上飛升，這些人慢慢放出細繩，直到風箏飛到三四千英尺高。
The country was an artificial construct held together by force and intimidation for more than 70 years.
這個國家是靠武力和恐嚇維系達七十余年的人治政權。