Constituent



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GRE 红宝书

• n. 成分; 选区内的选民
• ［英］ n. 成分 ( component; element) ; 选区内的选民 ( a member of a constituency)
• ［记］ con＋stit=stat ( 站) ＋uent -> 站在一起 -> 成分
• ［同］ 同根词: institute ( 创立, 学院) ; constitution ( 宪法, 组织)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: French constituant, from Middle French, from present participle of constituer to constitute, from Latin constituere
• Date: 1622
• 1. one who authorizes another to act as agent ; principal
• 2. a member of a constituency
• 3. an essential part ; component, element
• 4. a structural unit of a definable syntactic, semantic, or phonological category that consists of one or more linguistic elements (as words, morphemes, or features) and that can occur as a component of a larger construction
• Synonyms: see element

II. adjective

• Etymology: Latin constituent-, constituens, present participle of constituere
• Date: 1660
• 1. serving to form, compose, or make up a unit or whole ; component <constituent parts
• 2. having the power to create a government or frame or amend a constitution constituent assembly
• ? constituently adverb

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