interpret

• vt. 说明；口译
• vi. 解释；翻译

inter-,在内，在中间，相互，-pret,词义不确定，可能来自PIE*买卖，价值交换，词源同price,prize.引申词义中介，协商者，谈判者，后词义通用化为解释，理解，领会，及口译等。

1. make sense of; assign a meaning to;

"What message do you see in this letter?"

"How do you interpret his behavior?"

2. give an interpretation or explanation to

3. give an interpretation or rendition of;

"The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"

4. create an image or likeness of;

"The painter represented his wife as a young girl"

5. restate (words) from one language into another language;

"I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."

"Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"

"She rendered the French poem into English"

"He translates for the U.N."

6. make sense of a language;

"She understands French"

"Can you read Greek?"

interpret (v.)

late 14c., from Old French interpreter (13c.) and directly from Latin interpretari "explain, expound, understand," from interpres "agent, translator," from inter- (see inter-) + second element of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Sanskrit prath- "to spread abroad," PIE *per- (5) "to traffic in, sell" (see pornography). Related: Interpreted; interpreting.

explain, interpret, illustrate, clarify, account

这些动词均有"说明"之意。

explain： 含义广，最普通用词，指把某事向原来不了解、不清楚的人解释明白、说清楚等。

interpret： 着重以特殊的知识、经验来解释难理解的事情。

illustrate： 多指用实例或插图、图表加以说明。

clarify： 指把已发生的事件。情况和现状说清楚。

account： 说明某事物如何符合自然法则或逻辑。

When dogs looked at expressions of angry dogs, their eyes rested more on the mouth, perhaps to interpret the threatening expressions.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

There are two ways to interpret Plutarch when he suggests that a critic should be able to produce a better in its place.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

The data is hard to interpret than I expected.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

He needs help to interpret the data

出自-2013年6月听力原文

There are two ways to interpret Plutarch when he suggests that a critic should be able to produce "a better in its place."

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

It is not correctly interpreted.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

How do pessimists interpret the U.S. trade deficit in June?.S. trade deficit in June?

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

For now, we need to interpret the law and its guidelines as accurately as we can and to act in a fair manner.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

The scientists interpret the girls' excitement as meaning they are trying to understand what they have just seen.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

How do the scientists interpret their observation from the experiment

出自-2012年12月听力原文

We use our attitudes to filter, interpret and react to the world around us.

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

A graph gives the reader a picture to interpret.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

An active reader looks at each part of the graph before trying to interpret the data.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

This is usually interpreted as a sign that today's parents are trying to manage their children's lives past the point where this behavior is appropriate.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

One could interpret much of the work of Beethoven by saying that suffering is inevitable, but the courage to fight it renders life worth living.

出自-2014年考研翻译原文

The students were asked to interpret the poem.

学生们被要求诠释那首诗的意义。

牛津词典

I didn't know whether to interpret her silence as acceptance or refusal.

我不知该把她的沉默看作是接受还是拒绝。

牛津词典

The data can be interpreted in many different ways.

这份资料可以从多方面解读。

牛津词典

She couldn't speak much English so her children had to interpret for her.

她讲不了几句英语，所以她的孩子们得给她翻译。

牛津词典

He interpreted the role with a lot of humour.

他把这个角色演得十分幽默。

牛津词典

interpretable data

可解释的资料

牛津词典

The whole speech might well be interpreted as a coded message to the Americans...

整个演讲完全可以看成是在向美国人传递编码信息。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The judge quite rightly says that he has to interpret the law as it's been passed...

法官说他必须按照该法的立法初衷来阐释它，这完全没错。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The chambermaid spoke little English, so her husband came with her to interpret...

女服务员几乎不会说英语,因此她丈夫跟着来给她做翻译。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Interpreters found they could not interpret half of what he said.

口译员们发现他说的话他们连一半都翻译不出来。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

To read or interpret ( ambiguous, obscure, or illegible matter ).

解读解读 ( 含混 、 难以理解或无法辨认的东西 )

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Hence, managers need to know how to interpret accounting information for the purpose of project management.

因此, 项目经理需要知道怎样解读清算信息以便用于项目的管理.

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Defamiliarization as an approach to interpret literature will cause a series of problems, even absurd conclusions.

以陌生化概念解释文学会导致一系列问题甚至荒谬的结论.

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To interpret ( utterances ) by lip reading.

唇读通过观察口形来理解 ( 话 )

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Based on Darwin's evolution theory, Memetics is a new theory to interpret cultural evolution. "

模因论是一种基于达尔文进化论的观点解释文化进化规律的新理论.

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Many people have a friend or relative who usually interpret for them.

很多人都有一个朋友或亲戚为他们翻译.

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Thus, we concluded that the blind interpret abstract shapes as sighted people do.

因此, 我们的结论是:盲人对抽象形状的理解和有视力的人一样.

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The Flower understood this in her way, as we interpret everything in our way.

这朵花儿懂得这一点, 正如我们也懂得我们的事情一样.

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Your should interpret what I said in my sense of the word, not in yours.

你应当按我所用的词义去解释我说的话, 而不能按你自己的意义去解释.

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As to XunGen Literature, we always interpret it from two aspectes; Realism or Modernism.

对于寻根文学一般从现实主义和现代主义两个向度加以阐释,事实上寻根文学同样具有浓厚的浪漫主义精神特质, 而且为世纪末的浪漫主义的发展提供了某种新质.

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How do you interpret this poem?

你怎样解释这首诗 呢 ?

《现代英汉综合大词典》

To interpret for meetings attended by G . M. & Co.'s guests.

负责总经理参加会议 及 公司来访客人的翻译工作.

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Would you like me to interpret for you?

要不要我来帮你翻译?

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Now, admittedly, there are ways to interpret these texts that harmonize the two sequences.

那么, 无可厚非的,为了使这两个次序能吻合, 对这些经文就有很多不同的解释.

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Listen to the interview and interpret it from Chinese into English.

教育专家顾明远教授访谈录.

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Your have to interpret what I say in my sense of the express, not in yours.

你应当按我所用的词义去解释我说的话, 而无所不能按你本人的意义去解释.

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Different people might interpret events differently.

不同的人对事件的理解也可能不同.

《简明英汉词典》

Don't interpret it without real understanding when you study a foreign language.

学习外国语切莫望文生义.

《现代汉英综合大词典》