construct
verb[T]
uk/kənˈstrʌkt/us/kənˈstrʌkt/B2
tobuildsomething or put together differentpartstoformsomethingwhole:
建造;构筑;构成,组成to construct a newbridge/building建造新桥梁/大楼
Thewallsare constructedofconcrete.墙是用混凝土筑成的。
to construct astory/sentence/argument构思故事/造句/构筑论点
to make something
- makeCan I make you a cup of coffee?
- produceCalifornia produces a lot of grapes.
- createLeonardo da Vinci created the masterpiece we know as "Mona Lisa".
- inventAlexander Graham Bell is credited with inventing the telephone.
- developThey are working to develop the next generation of underwater vehicles.
- manufactureThe car is manufactured in Germany.
to build something
- buildThe house was built in the 1950s.
- constructThe company wants to construct a 175-mile pipeline.
- put something upPutting up a wall will not solve the problem.
- erectIt's unlawful to erect a building until you get approval.
- assembleHe has a job assembling furniture in a warehouse.
- put togetherWithout the instruction sheet, I've got no idea how to put all these parts together.
- Students need theabilityto construct alogicalargument.
- Policeofficersaretryingto construct thetimescaleofeventsleadingup to themurder.
- Militaryengineershurriedlyconstructed apontoonbridgeacrosstheriver.
- Thepipelinewas constructed totransportoilacrossAlaskatoportson thecoast.
- Ditches were constructed tochannelwateraway from thebuildings.
Building: construction work & workers
- banksman
- blaster
- break groundidiom
- brick
- brick upsomething
- erection
- flip
- found
- glazier
- go up
- joiner
- refurbish
- refurbished
- refurbishment
- renovate
- renovation
- tiler
- well built
- workman
- wright
construct
noun[C]
formaluk/ˈkɒn.strʌkt/us/ˈkɑːn.strʌkt/anideaor animaginarysituation:
构想;观念;编造,杜撰Hisreputationas aneccentricislargelyamediaconstruct.他行为古怪的名声多半源于媒体的杜撰。
Synonyms
concept
conception
idea(KNOWLEDGE)
notion
thought
Ideas, concepts and theories
- abstract
- afterthought
- anthropocentrism
- anti-Darwinian
- anti-Darwinism
- brainwave
- great minds think alikeidiom
- hunch
- hypothesis
- idea
- ideologue
- nonconceptual
- nostrum
- opinion
- panspermia
- perception
- someone'sidea ofsomethingidiom
- theory
- thinking
- trope