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.).
实用例句
1. Any attempt to construct an ideal society is foredoomed to failure.
任何构建理想社会的努力都注定要失败。
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.
