attrib.
1
- being a part of a whole组成的, 构成的：
the constituent minerals of the rock.
构成此岩石的矿石。
2
- being a voting member of an organization and having the power to appoint or elect选举的; 有任命（或选举）权的：
the constituent body has a right of veto.
任命机构有否决权。
2.1
- able to make or change a political constitution立宪的; 有宪法制订（或修改）权的：
a constituent assembly.
立宪会议。
1
- a member of an area which elects a representative to a legislative body选区居民, 选民。
2
- a component part of something组成部分, 成分, 组分, 构分：
the essential constituents of the human diet.
人类饮食的基本成分。
词源
late 15th cent. (in the legal sense of the noun)： from Latin constituent- （partly via French constituant） 'establishing, appointing', from the verb constituere （see CONSTITUTE）.