constitute

英 ['k?nst?tju?t] 美['kɑnst?tut]

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第三人稱單數:?constitutes;過去式:?constituted;過去分詞:?constituted;現在分詞:?constituting;

constitute 構成

con-, 強調。-stit, 站，詞源同stand, institute. 即站立其中的，構成其中一部分的。

constitute: constitute: [15] Etymologically, that which is constituted is that which is ‘caused to stand’ or ‘set up’. The word comes from the past participle of Latin constituere ‘fix, establish’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and statuere ‘set up’ (source of English statute). This was a derivative of Latin status (whence English state and status), which itself began life as the past participle of stāre ‘stand’ (a relative of English stand). The derivative constituent [17] comes (partly via French) from the Latin present participle constituēns.
=> stand, statue, status, statute
constitute (v.): mid-15c., verb use of adjective constitute, "made up, formed" (late 14c.), from Latin constitutus "arranged, settled," past participle adjective from 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 com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + statuere "to set," from PIE root *sta- "to stand," with derivatives meaning "place or thing that is standing" (see stet). Related: Constituted; constituting.

1. Volunteers constitute more than 95% of The Center's work force.: 該中心95%以上的工作人員是志愿者.

2. Motherhood did not constitute much of an interruption to her career.: 做母親并沒有在很大程度上中斷她的事業。

3. Testing patients without their consent would constitute a professional and legal offence.: 未經患者同意而對其進行檢查被視為違反職業操守并觸犯法律。

5. These small nations constitute an important grouping within the EU.: 這些小國家是歐盟中的一個重要小集團。