/kənˈstrʌkt/
with obj.
1- build or erect (something, typically a building, road, machine)建筑; 建造; 建立; 构筑（某物, 尤指建筑物、公路、机器）：
a company that constructs oil rigs.
建造石油钻塔的公司。
1.1
- form (an idea or theory) by bringing together various conceptual elements, typically over a period of time组成; 构成; 形成（观念, 理论）：
poetics should construct a theory of literary discourse.
诗学应该形成文学话语理论。
1.2
- Grammar form (a sentence) according to grammatical rules【语法】造（句）。
1.3
- Geometry draw or delineate (a geometrical figure) accurately to given conditions【几何】作（图）。
/ˈkɒnstrʌkt/1
- an idea or theory containing various conceptual elements, typically one considered to be subjective and not based on empirical evidence（尤指主观的）观念, 概念; 构想：
history is largely an ideological construct.
历史很大程度上是一种意识形态方面的抽象概念。
1.1
- Linguistics a group of words forming a phrase【语言学】结构体, 结构成分。
1.2
- a physical thing which is deliberately built or formed建造物; 组成物, 构成物。
派生词
constructor
noun词源
late Middle English: from Latin construct- 'heaped together, built', from the verb construere, from con- 'together' + struere 'pile, build'.