compose
/kəmˈpəʊz/verb
with obj.
1
- write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry)创作（艺术作品, 尤指音乐, 诗歌）：
he composed the First Violin Sonata four years earlier.
他四年前创作了《第一小提琴奏鸣曲》。
1.1
- write or phrase (a letter or piece of writing ) with great care and thought撰写, 写作, 写（信, 文章）：
the first sentence is so hard to compose.
第一句很难落笔。
1.2
- form (a whole) by ordering or arranging the parts, especially in an artistic way（尤指艺术地）构成, 构（图）：
compose and draw a still life.
构好图, 作幅静物画。
1.3
- order or arrange (parts) to form a whole, especially in an artistic way（尤指艺术地）整理, 收拾, 布置：
make an attempt to compose your images.
设法注意一下你们的形象。
2
- （一般作be composed）(of elements) constitute or make up (a whole)组成, 构成：
the National Congress is composed of ten senators.
国会由十位参议员组成。
2.1
- be (a specified number or amount) of a whole占（整体的一定份额）：
Christians compose 40 per cent of the state's population.
基督教徒占该国人口的40%.
3
- calm or settle (oneself or one's features or thoughts)使平静, 使镇定：
she tried to compose herself.
她设法使自己镇静下来。
3.1
- archaic settle (a dispute)〈古〉解决（争端）：
the king, with some difficulty, composed this difference.
国王费了点心思把分歧解决了。
4
- prepare (a text) for printing by manually, mechanically, or electronically setting up the letters and other characters in the order to be printed排版, 排稿（以付印）。
4.1
- set up (letters and characters) in this way排（字）。
USAGE
For an explanation of the differences between compose and comprise, see usage at COMPRISE.
词源
late Middle English （in the general sense 'put together， construct'）： from Old French composer, from Latin componere （see COMPONENT）， but influenced by Latin compositus 'composed' and Old French poser 'to place'.