单词	constituent
释义	constituent1 nounconstituent2 adjective constituentcon‧sti‧tu‧ent1 /kənˈstɪtʃuənt/ ●○○ AWL noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINconstituent1 Origin: 1700-1800 French constituant, from the present participle of constituer ‘to constitute’, from Latin constituere; ➔ CONSTITUTE Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Magnesium and sodium are the main constituents of salt. Police found the constituents of a bomb inside an abandoned car. Scientists have to break the compound down into its constituents in order to analyze it. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A disabled constituent of mine was short changed by more than £2 in his community care grant for an orthopaedic bed. Can he say anything this afternoon that will enable me to reassure my very worried constituents? Glutathione is an important constituent of intracellular protective mechanisms against a number of noxious stimuli including oxidative stress. It also put pressure on them to show their constituents some real action. The predominant clay mineral constituents in lake muds from both regions include smectite, illite-smectites and lesser kaolinite. These distinctive characteristics come from differences in minute quantities of flavouring constituents whose concentrations are at the threshold of human sensory perception. They are a complex mixture of up to 80 percent hydrocarbons with smaller amounts of fatty acids, alkyl esters and other constituents. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatora part of an object/substance/area► part · When you have filled in the form, keep the top part and send the other part to the bank.· All our replacement parts are guaranteed, if you have your car serviced with us each year.part of · What part of Russia are you from?· This is the widest part of the river.· Malaria is still common in many parts of Africa. ► bit especially British, spoken a small part of an object or area: · 'Would you like a slice of cake?' 'I'll just have a little bit, please.'bit of: · the bit of the garden where the fruit trees are· I found some bits of glass in my sandwich. ► piece one of several different parts that must be joined together to make something: · a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzlein pieces (=as separate pieces): · The equipment had to be taken apart and transported in pieces. ► component one of the separate parts of a machine or a system, that is necessary to make the machine or system work: · The factory makes aircraft engine components.· All the components should be tested before they are assembled.component of: · Gaining confidence is a major component of developing leadership skills. ► ingredient one of the types of food that are used to make a dish or a meal: · Weigh all the ingredients before you start.· a list of ingredients· The main ingredients can be prepared and frozen in advance.ingredient for: · Coconut is a basic ingredient for many curries and other Asian dishes. ► constituent formal one of the chemical substances that something is made of: · Scientists have to break the compound down into its constituents in order to analyze it.constituent of: · Magnesium and sodium are the main constituents of salt. ► portion a part of something larger, especially a part that is different from the other parts - used especially in a technical context: · Fuel is carried in the lower portion of the rocket.portion of: · Surgeons have had to remove portions of his stomach and intestine.· The research suggests we only use a small portion of our brains at any one time. ► section a part of something that is clearly different and separate from the other parts: section of: · The final section of this chapter will deal with recent developments.· First class seats are in the front section of the plane.· The disease spread through the poorer sections of the city. ► segment a part of something such as a fruit, insect etc that is naturally divided, or a part of something that has been divided into separate, roughly equal parts: · Decorate the cake with orange segments.· An ant's body is divided into three distinct segments.segment of: · Each sales team targets its efforts at a particular segment of the general population. WORD SETS► Voting abstain, verbabstention, nounadopt, verbballot, nounballot box, nounballot paper, nounblackball, verbby-election, nouncasting vote, nouncloture, nounconstituency, nounconstituent, noundeliver, verbdeposit, noundeselect, verbdisenfranchise, verbdisfranchise, verbdivision, noundoorstep, verbdream ticket, nounelect, verbelection, nounelectioneering, nounelective, adjectiveelector, nounelectoral, adjectiveelectoral register, nounelectorate, nounenfranchise, verbexit poll, nounfloating voter, nounfranchise, noungeneral election, nounhung parliament, nounlobby, nounmajority, nounmotion, nounno, nounoff-year, nounopen primary, nounoutvote, verboverall majority, nounplebiscite, nounplurality, nounpocket veto, nounpoint of order, nounpoll, nounpolling, nounpolling booth, nounpolling day, nounpolling station, nounpollster, nounPR, nounprimary, nounprimary election, nounproportional representation, nounpsephology, nounrecount, nounre-elect, verbreferendum, nounresolution, nounresolve, verbreturn, verbreturning officer, nounrig, verbrun, verbrun-off, nounscrutineer, nounshow of hands, nounslate, nounsplit ticket, nounspoil, verbsponsor, nounsponsor, verbstalking horse, nounstraight ticket, nounstraw poll, nounstronghold, nounsuffrage, nountactical voting, nounteller, nounthree-line whip, nounvote, verbvote of censure, nounvote of confidence, nounvote of no confidence, nounvoter, nounvoting machine, nounward, nounwrite-in, nounX, nounyea, nounyes, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the component/constituent parts of something (=the separate parts that form it)· The body is a complex thing with many constituent parts. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► important · Glutathione is an important constituent of intracellular protective mechanisms against a number of noxious stimuli including oxidative stress.· His portraits must in turn be considered an important constituent in their power, as compensation for their more corporeal weaknesses.· A minor, but important constituent of many sandstones are the heavy minerals, with a specific gravity in excess of 2.9. ► main · Nevertheless, if the academic historians followed their by-way of scholarship, history remained the main constituent of the new social sciences.· It is one of the main constituents of the old lawn sand method of weed-killing in lawns.· The main chemical constituent of mucus is a waterproof high molecular weight glycoprotein.· Uncooked Quick Quaker Oats was the main constituent.· The genes code information for the formation of protein, the main constituent of our tissues and enzymes.· Thujone, the main constituent of sage, is now known to have mild stimulatory properties.· Tobago, the smaller of the country's two main constituent islands, achieved full internal self-government in early 1987.· The main constituents of wine are acid, tannin, alcohol and sugar. NOUN► assembly · Opposition parties repeated their call for the election of a national constituent assembly to draw up a new constitution.· On April 30 Lekhanya announced proposals to set up a national constituent assembly to draw up a new constitution. ► congress · Plans for a constituent congress were in progress. VERB► represent · Every Member of Parliament here tonight probably represents thousands of constituents who will be affected by this mean little regulation.· The hon. Gentleman should represent his constituents by writing a letter with specific complaints.· Urry's model can thus be seen as representing the constituents of a place.· Given the hon. Gentleman's background, he will clearly represent the constituents who elected him last week. 1someone who votes in a particular area2one of the substances or things that combine to form somethingconstituent of Sodium is one of the constituents of salt. constituent1 nounconstituent2 adjective constituentconstituent2 ●○○ AWL adjective [only before noun] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINconstituent2 Origin: 1600-1700 Latin present participle of constituere; ➔ CONSTITUTE Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The treaty will give even greater powers to the country's 15 constituent republics. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS As a result segmentation of the signal into the constituent units of speech is difficult and requires knowledge of the language. Each constituent group has its unique role and set of interests. Lack of consent is therefore not a constituent element in theft. Such displacements can be decomposed into constituent displacements along standard directions. The theorem is applicable to polygons whose constituent triangles share the above properties. These states are constituent parts of the United States. Voters also heavily endorsed a clause on the ballot paper calling for the convening of a constituent assembly to reform the Constitution. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the component/constituent parts of something (=the separate parts that form it)· The body is a complex thing with many constituent parts. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► assembly · Voters also heavily endorsed a clause on the ballot paper calling for the convening of a constituent assembly to reform the Constitution.· These included the dissolution of the present government and constituent assembly.· The classical idea of a constituent assembly submitting a constitution to referendum was thus to be mediated through the Landtage.· Elections should then follow for a constituent assembly which would draft a constitution.· Phase Two would begin with the election of the constituent assembly, replacing the existing tri-cameral parliament from which blacks were excluded. ► group · It could be produced, for example, by an even split in each main constituent group in the country.· These prerogatives are what differentiate organizational owners from the members of other constituent groups.· It prevents an enterprise from falling into the self-defeating trap of rewarding one constituent group repeatedly, and repeatedly penalizing others.· It not only builds trust among constituent groups, but also promotes accountability within the ranks.· High organizational performance can not be sustained if one or two constituent groups are perpetually rewarded or afflicted.· Each constituent group has its unique role and set of interests. ► member · There was a clear link with past practices of fitting the ideology to the needs of the state rather than its constituent members.· Societies that treat their constituent members as identical pawns soon run into trouble.· Behind this report is a determination by the Board to take and hold the initiative over its constituent members. ► part · There is a general consensus that psychological processes are a function of the whole brain, not of its constituent parts.· These states are constituent parts of the United States.· It makes sense as an economic unit in a way its constituent parts alone do not.· It communicates among its constituent parts real fast.· The sample is injected into the flame which then breaks up into its constituent parts.· In June 1992, Dubcek was re-elected to parliament as the country headed towards splitting into its two constituent parts.· The constituent parts of this promise do not seem to add up to a huge amount.· The state was by no means a constituent part of the productive relations, which economic theory has been called upon to study. ► republic · The Treaty defined the demarcation of powers between the federation and the constituent republics as a component element of the new Constitution.· It was not a Yugoslav constituent nation, nor a constituent republic. being one of the parts of something:  the EU and its constituent members
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