constraint

制约（因素）

后接用on sth。

【例】The small domestic market has been a constraint on the growth of the manufacturing sector.

国内市场狭小一直是制造业增长的制约因素。

construction

【1】解释

①【例】This clause bears no other construction.

这一条款没有其他的解释。

②句式：put a construction on [upon] ....。

【例】They asked us to put a good [correct] construction on their failure to deliver the goods on time.

他们要求我们对其未按时交货作善意的[正确的]解释。

【2】解释

【例】All questions relating to the construction of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the People’s Republic of China.

有关解释本协议所产生的问题，应按中华人民共和国的法律处理。

construe

解释

【例】This Guarantee shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan.

这一保证应按照日本国法律解释与制约。