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constitute
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constituted
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constituting
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- constitute
['kɔnstɪtjuːt]
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1.
vt.
[+challenge]
[ emergency]
(represent) 是
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2.
vt.
(comprise) 组成
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- constitute
[ˈkɒnstɪtjuːt]
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1.
vt.
组成，构成
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The peasants still constituted the majority of the population.
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农民仍然构成了人口的主体。
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These constitute my entire belonging.
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这些就是我们的全部财产。
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2.
vt.
任命，选定
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The government is passing a resolution to constitute a committee to address the problem.
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政府正在通过决议，成立一个委员会来负责这个问题。
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3.
vt.
是，作为，被视作为
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This method constitutes a barrier to understanding.
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这个办法形成一个理解障碍。
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4.
vt.
建立，设立，制定
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The report recommends that the government should constitute a new department for such investigations.
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这份报告建议政府成立一个新的部门执行这种调查。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- constitute
['kɒnstɪ"tjuːt]
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to make up; form; compose
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the people who constitute a jury
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2.
vt.
to appoint to an office or function
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a legally constituted officer
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3.
vt.
to set up (a school or other institution) formally; found
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4.
vt.
[law]
to give legal form to (a court, assembly, etc)
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5.
vt.
[law]
[obsolete]
to set up or enact (a law)
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6.
vt.
[Etymology]
C15: from Latin constituere, from com- (intensive) + statuere to place
Examples
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We constitute you our spokesman.
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我们委派你为我们的发言人。
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His acts constitute a departure from his promise.
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他的行为背离了他的诺言。
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The report recommends that the government should constitute a new department for such investigations.
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这份报告建议政府成立一个新的部门执行这种调查。
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My beliefs constitute an extremely important constraint on my behaviour.
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我的信仰对我的行为形成了非常重要的限制。
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Soliciting personal injury cases may constitute champerty.
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教唆他人打人身伤害官司的行为可以构成包揽诉讼罪。
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