construe
verb [usually passive] (formal)to understand the meaning of a word, a sentence or an action in a particular way synonym interpret理解;领会 - be construed
He considered how the remark was to be construed. 他考虑这话该如何理解。 - be construed as something
Her words could hardly be construed as an apology. 她的话怎么想都不像是道歉。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin construere, from con- ‘together’ + struere ‘pile, build’, in late Latin ‘analyse the construction of a sentence’.- be construed