construct

• vt. 建造，构造；创立
• n. 构想，概念

con-, 强调。-str, 拉长，展开，建造，词源同structure,instruct. 即展开的，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.).

来自《权威词典》

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

谁都知道破坏容易建设难.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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

修这条渠道要多少人工?

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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

每个公民都有建设祖国的责任.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

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

让我们以这条线做一个正方形.

来自《简明英汉词典》