Word familynouninterpretationinterpreterinterpretabilityinterpretershipinterpretressadjectiveinterpretativeinterpretiveinterpretableinterpretationalverbinterpretinterpretateadverbinterpretatively
1MEANINGthe way in which someone explains or understands an event, information, someone’s actions etc 解释,说明;理解
One possible interpretation is that they want you to resign.
一种可能的解释是,他们想要你辞职。
It’s difficult to put an accurate interpretation on (=explain) the survey results.
对调查结果难以作出确切的解释。
What exactly the author meant by that statement is open to interpretation (=able to be understood or explained in different ways).
作者这句话的确切含义可有各种理解。
2APSHOW A FEELING OR ATTITUDEthe way in which someone performs a play, a piece of music etc and shows what they think and feel about it 〔对戏剧、音乐作品等的〕表演,演绎;处理方式
Laurence Olivier’s brilliant interpretation of Henry V
open to interpretation• Thus judgements are made on subjective grounds concerning the performance of the individual and this will be open to interpretation.• As a result, what we see is consistently open to interpretation, often with profound and tragicconsequences.• The function of certainartefacts is less open to interpretation.