[VERB 动词]解释；说明；阐释 If you interpret something in a particular way, you decide that this is its meaning or significance.
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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。
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。
Both approaches agree on what is depicted in the poem, but not on how it should be interpreted.
两种方法对诗中所描绘的是何种事物的看法是一致的，但是对于应该如何阐释这首诗有所分歧。
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[VERB 动词]口译 If you interpret what someone is saying, you translate it immediately into another language.
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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。
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。
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in·ter·pret★AWL/ɪnˈtɜːprɪt; NAmEɪnˈtɜːrprɪt/verb1★[transitive ]interpretsth to explain the meaning of sth 诠释；说明◆The students were asked to interpret the poem.学生们被要求诠释那首诗的意义。2★[transitive ]to decide that sth has a particular meaning and to understand it in this way 把…理解为；领会interpretsth as sth ◆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。interpretsth ◆The data can be interpreted in many different ways.这份资料可以从多方面解读。☞compare
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3★[intransitive ]interpret(for sb) to translate one language into another as you hear it 口译； 传译◆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。4[transitive ]interpretsth to perform a piece of music, a role in a play, etc. in a way that shows your feelings about its meaning 演绎（按自己的感觉演奏音乐或表现角色）◆He interpreted the role with a lot of humour.他把这个角色演得十分幽默。▶in·ter·pret·able/ɪnˈtɜːprɪtəbl; NAmEɪnˈtɜːrprɪtəbl/adjective◆interpretable data可解释的资料interpretinterpretsinterpretedinterpretingin·ter·pret/ɪnˈtɜːprɪt; NAmEɪnˈtɜːrprɪt/in·ter·pret·able/ɪnˈtɜːprɪtəbl; NAmEɪnˈtɜːrprɪtəbl/
1[intransitive, transitive] to translate spoken words from one language into another: They spoke good Spanish, and promised to interpret for me.2[transitive] to believe that something someone does or something that happens has a particular meaninginterpret something as something His refusal to work late was interpreted as a lack of commitment to the company.3[transitive] to explain the meaning of something: Freud’s attempts to interpret the meaning of dreams4[transitive] to perform a part in a play, a piece of music etc in a way that shows your feelings about it or what you think it means