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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- constituent
[kən 'stɪʧυənt]
[kən 'stɪtjŭənt]
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1.
adjective
组成的,形成的,成分的
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a constituent part
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组成部分
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2.
adjective
有选举权的
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3.
adjective
有权制定(或修改)宪法的,有权建立政府的
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a constituent assembly
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立宪会议;国民代表大会
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4.
noun
委托人,代理,代表
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5.
noun
选民,选举人
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6.
noun
成分,要素
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7.
noun
[linguistics]
构成成分(一种语言成分,即一个较大单位的构成成分,如:“They painted signs.”中的主要成分they和painted signs称为直接成分;直接成分本身进一步区分而得的区分成分 they,paint;constituented,sign和constituents称为最终成分)
Collins English-English Dictionary
- constituent
[kən'stɪtjυənt]
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adj
[prenominal]
forming part of a whole; component
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2.
adj
having the power to frame a constitution or to constitute a government (esp in the phrases constituent assembly, constituent power)
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3.
adj
[becoming rare]
electing or having the power to elect
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4.
n
a component part; ingredient
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5.
n
a resident of a constituency, esp one entitled to vote
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6.
n
[chiefly law]
a person who appoints another to act for him, as by power of attorney
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7.
n
[linguistics]
a word, phrase, or clause forming a part of a larger construction - Compare immediate constituent ultimate constituent
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8.
n
[Etymology]
C17: from Latin constituens setting up, from constituere to establish, constitute
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