| 词汇 | constitute |
| 释义 | constitute verb uk /ˈkɒn.stɪ.tʃuːt/ us /ˈkɑːn.stə.tuːt/ constituteverb (BE CONSIDERED AS)C1[ L only+ noun, not continuous ]formal to be or be considered as something: 是；被看作，被视为 This latest defeat constitutes a major setback for the Democrats.最近的这次失败是对民主党的一次重挫。 The long-term unemployed now constitute a sort of underclass. The publishers claim that the book constitutes 'the first sequential exposition of events and thus of the history of the revolution'.出版商称这本书是“对革命大事及革命历史的第一次系统阐述”。 The takeover of the embassy constitutes a blatant violation of international law. They felt that our discussions with other companies constituted a breach of our agreement. Her refusal to sell the house constituted a major blow to our plans. Existing and being account for something alive be be a thingidiom been estate existential existentially extant found have legsidiom living run self-existent speckle spring up stand they're thing thingness constituteverb (FORM PART OF)C1[ Lnot continuous ] to form or make something: 形成;构成;组成 Women constitute about ten percent of Parliament.女性在议会中约占10%。 The under-18s constitute nearly 25 percent of the town's population.18岁以下的人口占该城镇人口的近25%。 Comprising and consisting of be compose composition compositional compositionally comprise consist in something consist of something constituent constituent part constitution constitutive form from make make something up multi-component of constitute | American Dictionaryconstitute verb[ L ] us/ˈkɑn·stɪˌtut/ constituteverb[L] (BE CONSIDERED AS)to be or be considered as: The president said that these policies constitute a threat to the United States. constituteverb[L] (BE PART)to form or make (something); equal: Asians constitute seven percent of the population in this county. constitute | Business Englishconstitute verb[ T ] uk /ˈkɒnstɪtjuːt/us to be the parts that form something: Economy travellers constitute about 80% of the airline's business. to be something, or to be considered as something: Giving feedback on individual salespersons always constitutes a challenge for sales management, because it is difficult to obtain a complete picture of a salesperson's performance. This latest development constitutes a major setback for the department. His behaviour could be interpreted as constituting a breach of contract. to form a company, group, meeting, etc. in a way that is correct and legal: The district administration constituted a committee to review safety procedures. Power is conferred on the board by a majority vote at a properly constituted annual general meeting. Examples of constituteconstitute They constituted power as external to society-indeed, as what society by definition excluded even in constituting it. Thus, their entrance into the labor force as salaried employees has constituted a significant improvement of their situation and that of their families. The first factor group, which constitutes the variant set, was the type of morphosyntactic expression. As much as 22% of the sample, however, was constituted by teachers with no formal qualifications. First, there is little agreement in the literature3 as to what constitutes linearization. Their competence constitutes a framework for an enaction of the local ideology of engendered personhood. The total number of correctly reproduced features constitutes the child's test score. Such a small sign inventory also constitutes a major obstacle to decipherment. The sum of the confidences contributed by different activities constituted the total design confidence for the given component. Spatial distinction, in effect, constitutes the main characteristic of the ' holy'. The multiple recyclings of riddims, with some qualifications, constitutes a remarkable instance of this sort of phenomenon. He suggested that any type of lewd behaviour constituted sufficient grounds for a woman to be prohibited to her husband. Clothing constituted the biggest category of goods brought to pawnbrokers in this era. First, there must be a small set of parameters constituting the set of possible human languages. Any overview, no matter how comprehensive, constitutes the author's implicitly subjective perspective, if nothing else by virtue of the very issues emphasized. See all examples of constitute These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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