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Constitution N Laws Principles Regulation French Settled C.1600

单词 constitution
音标 [`kɔnsti'tju:ʃən]
解释 n.宪法;体质
红宝书 【英】 n. 宪法(system of laws and principles according to which a state is governed)
【记】 constitute+ion
【同】 派生词: constitutional (adj. 宪法的)
字源 constitution (n.)
mid-14c., "law, regulation, edict," from Old French constitucion (12c.) "constitution, establishment," and directly from Latin constitutionem (nominative constitutio) "act of settling, settled condition, anything arranged or settled upon, regulation, order, ordinance," from constitut-, past participle stem of constituere (see constitute).
Meaning "action of establishing" is from 1580s; that of "way in which a thing is constituted" is from c.1600; that of "physical health, strength and vigor of the body" is from 1550s; of the mind, "temperament, character" from 1580s. Sense of "mode of organization of a state" is from c.1600; that of "system of principles by which a community is governed" dates from 1730s; especially of a document of written laws since the U.S. and French constitutions, late 18c.
不择手段背单词 n. 宪法; 章程; 构造
【参】constitutional(adj 构成的; (拥护)宪法的)
趣味全助记 【记】constitute + ion

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