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constituent n.选举者,委托人,要素 adj.有选举权的,组成的 To understand constituent, look at constitute, which means to make up. A politician's electorate is constituted of individual constituent voters. Chex Party Mix is constituted of a delightful mix of constituent parts: Chex cereal, pretzels, cheese doodles and those little orange stick things no one has a name for. ★★☆☆☆ 2012.5

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[kən'stitjuənt] Constituent means part of a whole, as in "we'll break this down into its constituent parts." The word comes up often in political contexts: constituents are the people politicians have been elected to represent. Downloading and consuming culture requires great skills, but failing to move beyond downloading is to strip oneself of a defining constituent of humanity. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]选区居民；(尤指)选民 A constituent is someone who lives in a particular constituency, especially someone who is able to vote in an election. 2[N-COUNT 可数名词]成分；要素 A constituent of a mixture, substance, or system is one of the things from which it is formed.   [usu N of n]Caffeine is the active constituent of drinks such as tea and coffee.咖啡因是茶、咖啡之类饮品中的活性成分。3[ADJ 形容词]组成的；构成的 The constituent parts of something are the things from which it is formed.   [ADJ n]  [FORMAL 正式]...a plan to split the company into its constituent parts and sell them separately.把公司按组成部分分割后分别出售的计划...the leaders of Russia's constituent republics.俄联邦各成员国的领导人

英语单词	constituent
英美音标	[kən'stitjuənt]
中文释义	n.选举者,委托人,要素 adj.有选举权的,组成的
vocab简明	Constituent means part of a whole, as in "we'll break this down into its constituent parts." The word comes up often in political contexts: constituents are the people politicians have been elected to represent.
vocab扩展	To understand constituent, look at constitute, which means to make up. A politician's electorate is constituted of individual constituent voters. Chex Party Mix is constituted of a delightful mix of constituent parts: Chex cereal, pretzels, cheese doodles and those little orange stick things no one has a name for.
真题原句	Downloading and consuming culture requires great skills, but failing to move beyond downloading is to strip oneself of a defining constituent of humanity.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]选区居民；(尤指)选民 A constituent is someone who lives in a particular constituency, especially someone who is able to vote in an election. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]成分；要素 A constituent of a mixture, substance, or system is one of the things from which it is formed. [usu N of n] Caffeine is the active constituent of drinks such as tea and coffee. 咖啡因是茶、咖啡之类饮品中的活性成分。 3 [ADJ 形容词]组成的；构成的 The constituent parts of something are the things from which it is formed. [ADJ n] [FORMAL 正式] ...a plan to split the company into its constituent parts and sell them separately. 把公司按组成部分分割后分别出售的计划 ...the leaders of Russia's constituent republics. 俄联邦各成员国的领导人
来源	2012.5

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