| 释义 |
constitute/ˈkɒnstitju:t/v. tr. 1 be the components or essence of; make up, form 组成;构成,形成 2a be equivalent or tantamount to 相当于,等于 this constitutes an official warning 这相当于一次正式警告 b formally establish 设立,建立 does not constitute a precedent 不开创先例 3 give legal or constitutional form to; establish by law 给…以合法形式;以合法形式设立 [Latin constituere (as COM-, statuere ‘set up’)] |