constitute
constitute 英 [ˈkɒnstɪtju:t] 美 [ˈkɑnstətut]
vt. 组成，构成；建立；任命
进行时:constituting 过去式:constituted 过去分词:constituted 第三人称单数:constitutes 名词复数:constitutes
- To constitute is to make up a whole from smaller parts, or "constituents." "What constitutes a family?" means "What makes up a family?"
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- vt. 组成，构成；建立；任命
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1. Four quarts constitute a gallon.
四夸脱构成一加仑。
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2. They do not constitute a complete and continuous set of memoranda.
他们不能构成一个完整的、持续的一整套备忘录。
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3. They constitute your memories; where you were, what you were doing, what you were interested in, what you were thinking of.
它们组成了你的回忆；你曾在哪里，你曾做了什么，你曾对什么感兴趣，你曾思考过什么。
- constitute (v.) mid-15c., "to enter into the formation of as a necessary part," from Latin constitutus, past participle of constituere "to cause to stand, set up, fix, place, establish, set in order; form something new; resolve," of persons, "to appoint to an office," from assimilated form of com-, here probably an intensive prefix (see com-), + statuere "to set," from PIE root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm." Meaning "to appoint or elect to an office or position of power" is from c. 1400. Related: Constituted; constituting.
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