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英语单词 constituent
英美音标 英 [kən'stɪtjuənt] 美 [kən'stʃuənt]
中文释义 n.成分;选民;构成物
adj.构成的;组织的;立宪的
英语例句 (1) Do you know the constituents of the mixture?
(2) Punctuality is an important constituent of good character.
(3) Last week, a constituent contacted me and asked me to help him construe an article contained within the constitution.
(4) The chemical dissolves into its constituent parts when heated.
(5) People always is finite to constituent information.
中文例句 (1) 你知道这种混合物的成分吗?
(2) 准时是优良品格的一个重要成分。
(3) 上星期,一位选民跟我联系,让我帮他解释一下宪法中包含的某则条款。
(4) 该化学药剂加热时会分解成其组成的分子。
(5) 人们对组织的信息总是有限的。
vocabulary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.
vocabulary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.
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

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