construct

build, construct, found, erect, establish, set up

这些动词均有“建设，建立，建造”之意。
build: 普通用词，含义广泛，可指一切具体或抽象的建造或建立。
construct: 较正式用词，强调根据一定计划进行的规模较大，结构较复杂，要求较高技术的建造。
found: 侧重打下基础或创办，具体或抽象事物均可用。
erect: 侧重指对高而垂直物的建造。使用不如build广泛。
establish: 着重稳固地建成，可具体指国家、政府、学校或商店等的建立，也可指信仰、信用、名誉、法律、制度、规则等的建立。
set up: 作“建立”用时，侧重于“开始”。可指具体或抽象的建立。

名词 construct:

1. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
   同义词：concept, conception

动词 construct:

1. make by combining materials and parts
   同义词：build, make
2. put together out of components or parts
   同义词：manufacture, fabricate
3. draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions
4. create by linking linguistic units
5. create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts
6. reassemble mentally
   同义词：reconstruct, retrace

1. Mindful of the need to maintain efficient communication, the board of directors decided to construct a new communication network.
   董事会注意到维持有效通讯的需要，因此决定建立一个新的通信网。
2. Designed or constructed to operate smoothly and without vibration.
   自动定的为运行平稳、无振动而设计或建造的
3. A matrix used in constructing a symbol or character image on a display screen.
   用来在显示屏幕上构造出一个符号或字符图象的一种点阵。
4. A dam constructed across a stream to raise the water level so that the overflow will have sufficient power to turn a mill wheel.
   磨坊水坝横跨溪流建造的堤坝，以提高水位使溢满的水有足够的动力转动磨坊的水轮
5. This factory was constructed by our company.
   这家工厂是由我们公司建设的。

con.struct

v.tr.（及物动词）
con.struct.ed,con.struct.ing,con.structs
To form by assembling or combining parts; build.
建造：通过装配或组合部件而构成；建造
To create (an argument or a sentence, for example) by systematically arranging ideas or terms.
构筑：通过对思想或词语的系统排列而创造或编造（例如论据或句子）
Mathematics To draw (a geometric figure) that meets specific requirements, usually with instruments limited to a straightedge and compass.
【数学】 作图：根据具体要求画出（几何图形），通常只用直尺和圆规工具
n.（名词）

Something formed or constructed from parts.
构成物：由各部分形成或构成的物体

A concept, model, or schematic idea:
概念：概念、模式或构念：
例句：
a theoretical construct of the atom.
原子的理论模型

A concrete image or idea:
形象：具体的形象或观念：
例句：
.[He] began to shift focus from the haunted constructs of terror in his early work. (Stephen Koch)
.[他] 开始将注意力从他早期作品中反复出现的恐怖形象上移开. (斯蒂芬·科克)

来源：
Latin cônstruere cônstrôct-
拉丁语 cônstruere cônstrôct-
com- [com-]
com- [前缀，表.同.]
struere [to pile up] * see ster- 2
struere [堆起] *参见 ster- 2

【引伸】
construct.ible
adj.（形容词）
construc.tor 或
construct.er
n.（名词）