composition
/kɒmpəˈzɪʃən/noun
1
- mass noun the nature of something's ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up成分的性质; 组成（或混合）方式; 结构：
the social composition of villages.
村庄的社会结构。
1.1
- the action of putting things together; formation or construction组成, 构成; 混合, 综合; 构造：
the composition of a new government was announced in November.
新政府的组成于11月份宣布。
1.2
- count noun a thing composed of various elements合成物, 混合物：
a theory is a composition of interrelated facts.
理论是相关事实的组合。
1.3
- archaic mental constitution; character〈古〉心理素质; 脾性, 气质; 性格：
persons who have a touch of madness in their composition.
脾性有点疯狂的人。
1.4
- often as modifier a compound artificial substance, especially one serving the purpose of a natural one（尤指用来替代自然物的）人造物质, 合成物质：
composition tiles.
合成瓷砖。
1.5
- Mathematics the successive application of functions to a variable, the value of the first function being the argument of the second, and so on【数】合成函数的运算：
composition of functions, when defined, is associative.
合成函数运算的特点是结合。
1.6
- Physics the process of finding the resultant of a number of forces【物理】力的合成。
2
- a work of music, literature, or art（音乐、文学或艺术）作品：
Chopin's most romantic compositions.
肖邦最浪漫的作品。
2.1
- mass noun the action or art of producing such a work创作（文学或艺术作品）; 作曲：
the technical aspects of composition.
创作的技巧方面。
2.2
- an essay, especially one written by a school or college student（尤指学生的）作文。
2.3
- the artistic arrangement of the parts of a picture（绘画中的）构图, 布局：
lightly sketching in the compositions for his paintings.
轻巧地将他油画的布局勾勒出来。
3
- mass noun the preparing of text for printing by setting up the characters in order排版; 排字。见COMPOSE （义项4）。
4
- a legal agreement to pay a sum in lieu of a larger debt or other obligation（偿还部分借款以勾销全部债务的）和解协议, 和解偿还：
he had been released by deed on making a composition with the creditors.
他和债权人签订了和解协议, 从而解除了债务。
4.1
- a sum paid in this way和解偿还的款项。
派生词
compositional
adjectivecompositionally
adverb词源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin compositio（n-）， from componere 'put together'.