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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
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1.
vt.
[+challenge, emergency]
(represent) 是
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- constitute [ 'kɑnstə .tjut] [ 'kɔnstɪtjuːt]
Collins English-English Dictionary
- constitute ['kɑnstɪ,tjuːt]
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to make up; form; compose
- the people who constitute a jury
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2.
vt.
to appoint to an office or function
- 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
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to make up; form; compose
Examples
- Twelve people constitute a jury.
- 12人组成陪审团。 → constitute
- We constitute you our spokesman.
- 我们委派你为我们的发言人。 → constitute
- Colored people constitute a majority of the population in Western Cape.
- 西海角省的大部分居民是有色人种。 → cape
- the people who constitute a jury → constitute
- These few grains of sand do not constitute a heap, and the addition of a single grain never makes what is not yet a heap into a heap: so no matter how many single grains one adds it never becomes a heap. → sorites
- 构成威胁
- constitute (or pose) a threat → 构成
- 歌唱声部分女高音、女低音、男高音、男低音。
- Soprano, alto, tenor and bass constitute the four vocal parts. → 声部
- 占多(少)数
- constitute the majority (minority) → 占
- 每五个人组成一组。
- Every five persons constitute a group. → 组成
- 深秋时节, 层林尽染的景象美不胜收。
- In late autumn, ring upon ring of woods tinted with deep red constitute a beautiful scenery beyond words. → 层林
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