interpret

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

in·ter·pret AW [interpret interprets interpreted interpreting] BrE [ɪnˈtɜːprɪt] NAmE [ɪnˈtɜːrprɪt] verb
1. transitive ~ sth to explain the meaning of sth
• The students were asked to interpret the poem.
2. transitive to decide that sth has a particular meaning and to understand it in this way
•~ sth as sth I didn't know whether to interpret her silence as acceptance or refusal.
•~ sth The data can be interpreted in many different ways.
compare ↑misinterpret
3. intransitive ~ (for sb) to translate one language into another as you hear it
• She couldn't speak much English so her children had to interpret for her.
4. transitive ~ sth to perform a piece of music, a role in a play, etc. in a way that shows your feelings about its meaning
• He interpreted the role with a lot of humour.
Derived Word: ↑interpretable
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French interpreter or Latin interpretari ‘explain, translate’, from interpres, interpret- ‘agent, translator, interpreter’.

Example Bank:
•Different people might interpret events differently.
•Her message was interpreted as a warning to the general.
•Her resignation has been widely interpreted as an admission of her guilt.
•It is context and convention that determine whether a term will be interpreted literally or metaphorically.
•The figure of the Ancient Mariner has been variously interpreted.
•The strictness of the rules, even when liberally interpreted, has the effect of restricting innovation.
•The term ‘business’ is here interpreted broadly to include all types of organization in the public and private sectors.
•The title could be interpreted to mean ‘human intelligence’.
•These figures cannot be easily interpreted.
•These results must be interpreted cautiously.
•We all seek to interpret what we hear and what we read.
•judges who will faithfully interpret the Constitution
•I didn't know whether to interpret her silence as acceptance or refusal.
•The figure of the Ancient Mariner in the poem has been variously interpreted.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  understand, read, translate, render, represent, rede, construe, see