名词

1. (房屋、工厂、道路、桥梁等的)建筑，建造
Construction is the building of things such as houses, factories, roads, and bridges.

2. (车辆、机器等的)制造，建造
The construction of something such as a vehicle or machine is the making of it.

3. (体系等的)构建，创建
The construction of something such as a system is the creation of it.

4. 建造物;制造物
You can refer to an object that has been built or made as a construction .

5. 构造；结构
You use construction to refer to the structure of something and the way it has been built or made.

6. (对某人言行的)解释，理解，阐释
The construction that you put on what someone says or does is your interpretation of what it means.

7. (语法)结构
A grammatical construction is a particular arrangement of words in a sentence, clause, or phrase.

1. drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem

e.g. the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem

2. the act of constructing something

e.g. during the construction we had to take a detour
his hobby was the building of boats

Synonym: building

3. the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones

e.g. their main business is home construction
workers in the building trades

Synonym: building

4. a thing constructed
a complex entity constructed of many parts

e.g. the structure consisted of a series of arches
she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons

Synonym: structure

5. the creation of a construct
the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought

Synonym: mental synthesis

6. a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

e.g. I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner

Synonym: grammatical constructionexpression

7. an interpretation of a text or action

e.g. they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct

Synonym: twist