interpretation

in‧ter‧pre‧ta‧tion W2 AC / ɪntɜprəteɪʃ ə n, ɪntɜprɪteɪʃ ə n $ -ɜr- / 名词 [可数和不可数名词]

1 the way in which someone explains or understands an event, information, someone’s actions etc :

One possible interpretation is that they want you to resign.

It’s difficult to put an accurate interpretation on (= explain ) the survey results.

What exactly the author meant by that statement is open to interpretation (= able to be understood or explained in different ways ) .

2 the way in which someone performs a play, a piece of music etc and shows what they think and feel about it :

Laurence Olivier’s brilliant interpretation of Henry V