• vt. 建造，構造；創立
• n. 構想，概念

con-, 強調。-str, 拉長，展開，建造，詞源同structure,instruct. 即展開的，建造的。

construct

construct: [17] Construct comes from the present participle of Latin construere ‘pile up together, build’, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- and struere ‘pile up’ (source of English destroy and structure). English acquired the same verb somewhat earlier, in the 14th century, in the form construe.
=> construe, destroy, structure

construct (v.)

early 15c., from Latin constructus, past participle of construere "to heap up" (see construction). Related: Constructed; constructing.

construct (n.)

1871 in linguistics, 1890 in psychology, 1933 in the general sense of "anything constructed;" from construct (v.).

1. Any attempt to construct an ideal society is foredoomed to failure.

任何構建理想社會的努力都注定要失敗。

來自《權威詞典》

2. It is proverbially easier to destroy than to construct.

誰都知道破壞容易建設難.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. How many man - days will be needed to construct this irrigation canal?

修這條渠道要多少人工?

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

4. Every citizen has the duty to construct his country.

每個公民都有建設祖國的責任.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. Let's construct a square on this line.

讓我們以這條線做一個正方形.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》