to break something down into its separate parts in order to understand its meaning, especially when this is different from how it was previously understood

We should deconstruct the Western myth of human rights. 我们应该对西方人权迷思进行解构。

to examine a text in detail in order to show there is no fixed meaning but that it can be understood in a different way by each reader

He likes to deconstruct obscure religious texts. 他热衷于拆析晦涩费解的宗教文本。