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单词 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 beconsideredas something:
是；被看作，被视为
Thislatestdefeatconstitutes amajorsetbackfor the Democrats.最近的这次失败是对民主党的一次重挫。
More examples
  • Thelong-termunemployednow constitute asortofunderclass.
  • Thepublishersclaimthat thebookconstitutes 'the firstsequentialexpositionofeventsandthusof thehistoryof therevolution'.
  • Thetakeoverof theembassyconstitutes ablatantviolationofinternationallaw.
  • Theyfeltthatourdiscussionswith othercompaniesconstituted abreachofouragreement.
  • Herrefusaltosellthehouseconstituted amajorblowtoourplans.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Existing and being
  • account forsomething
  • alive
  • be
  • be a thingidiom
  • been
  • come
  • extant
  • found
  • have legsidiom
  • hood
  • indissolubility
  • lie
  • lie in
  • living
  • run
  • they're
  • thing
  • viability
  • we're
  • who're
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constituteverb(FORM PART OF)

C1[Lnot continuous]
toformor make something:
形成；构成；组成
Women constitute about tenpercentof Parliament.女性在议会中约占10%。
The under-18s constitutenearly25percentof the town'spopulation.18岁以下的人口占该城镇人口的近25%。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Comprising and consisting of
  • be
  • compose
  • composition
  • compositional
  • comprise
  • consist insomething
  • consist ofsomething
  • constituent
  • constitution
  • constitutive
  • form
  • from
  • make
  • makesomethingup
  • multi-component
  • of
(Definition ofconstitutefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

constitute| American Dictionary

constitute
verb[L]
us
/ˈkɑn·stɪˌtut/

constituteverb[L](BE CONSIDERED AS)

to be or beconsideredas:
Thepresidentsaid that thesepoliciesconstitute athreatto theUnitedStates.

constituteverb[L](BE PART)

toformor make (something);equal:
Asians constitute sevenpercentof thepopulationin thiscounty.
(Definition ofconstitutefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

constitute| Business English

constitute
verb[T]
uk
/ˈkɒnstɪtjuːt/us
to be thepartsthatformsomething:
Economytravellersconstitute about 80% of the airline'sbusiness.
to be something, or to beconsideredas something:
Givingfeedbackonindividualsalespersons always constitutes achallengeforsalesmanagement, because it isdifficulttoobtainacompletepictureof a salesperson'sperformance.
Thislatestdevelopmentconstitutes amajorsetbackfor thedepartment.
Hisbehaviourcould beinterpretedas constituting abreachofcontract.
toformacompany,group,meeting, etc. in a way that iscorrectandlegal:
Thedistrictadministrationconstituted acommitteetoreviewsafetyprocedures.
Power isconferredon theboardby amajorityvoteat aproperlyconstitutedannualgeneralmeeting.
(Definition ofconstitutefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconstitute

constitute
They constituted power as external to society-indeed, as what society by definition excluded even in constituting it.
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Thus, their entrance into the labor force as salaried employees has constituted a significant improvement of their situation and that of their families.
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The first factor group, which constitutes the variant set, was the type of morphosyntactic expression.
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As much as 22% of the sample, however, was constituted by teachers with no formal qualifications.
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First, there is little agreement in the literature3 as to what constitutes linearization.
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Their competence constitutes a framework for an enaction of the local ideology of engendered personhood.
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The total number of correctly reproduced features constitutes the child's test score.
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Such a small sign inventory also constitutes a major obstacle to decipherment.
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The sum of the confidences contributed by different activities constituted the total design confidence for the given component.
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Spatial distinction, in effect, constitutes the main characteristic of the ' holy'.
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The multiple recyclings of riddims, with some qualifications, constitutes a remarkable instance of this sort of phenomenon.
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He suggested that any type of lewd behaviour constituted sufficient grounds for a woman to be prohibited to her husband.
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Clothing constituted the biggest category of goods brought to pawnbrokers in this era.
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First, there must be a small set of parameters constituting the set of possible human languages.
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Any overview, no matter how comprehensive, constitutes the author's implicitly subjective perspective, if nothing else by virtue of the very issues emphasized.
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