construe (something) as (something)

To view or interpret something in a particular way Although I believe that he's innocent, I can see how one could easily be construe his actions as a crime.

construe something as something

to interpret something to mean something. Please do not construe this as criticism. We mistakenly construed her comments as positive.

词组	construe (something) as (something)
释义	construe (something) as (something) construe (something) as (something) To view or interpret something in a particular way Although I believe that he's innocent, I can see how one could easily be construe his actions as a crime. See also: construe Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. construe something as something to interpret something to mean something. Please do not construe this as criticism. We mistakenly construed her comments as positive. See also: construe McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: construe construe as interpret interpret (something) as (something) interpret as find (one) innocent read the (hand)writing on the wall read the handwriting on the wall see the (hand)writing on the wall see the writing on the wall
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