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Constituent Appoints Elects 5819.Constituent 英 Kən'stɪtjʊənt]美 Kən'stɪtʃuənt 释义

正面 5819.constituent
英 [kən'stɪtjʊənt]美 [kən'stɪtʃuənt]

背面
释义:
n. 成分;选民;委托人adj. 构成的;选举的
例句:
1. The constitution also confers large powers on Brazil's 25 constituent states.宪法还赋予巴西的25个成员州很大的权力。

1. pro- "forward, forth" + pon- + -ent.2. 含义:put forward, put forth. => one who brings forth a proposition or argument.

constituent (n.)1620s, "one who appoints or elects a representative," from Latin constituentem (nominative constituens), present participle of constituere (see constitute). The notion is "to make up or compose" a body by appointing or electing a representative. As an adjective, "essential, characteristic," from 1660s; "that appoints or elects a representative to a body," from 1714."

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