| 单词 | constituent |
| 释义 | constituent —constituently, adv. /keuhn stich"ooh euhnt/, adj. 1. serving to compose or make up a thing; component: the constituent parts of a motor. 2. having power to frame or alter a political constitution or fundamental law, as distinguished from lawmaking power: a constituent assembly. n. 3. a constituent element, material, etc.; component. 4. a person who authorizes another to act in his or her behalf, as a voter in a district represented by an elected official. 5. Gram. an element considered as part of a construction. Cf. immediate constituent, ultimate constituent. [1615-25; < L constituent- (s. of constituens, prp. of constituere to set up, found, constitute), equiv. to con- CON- + -stitu- (comb. form of statuere to set up) + -ent- -ENT] Syn. 3. See element. |
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