constitute
verb
uk/ˈkɒn.stɪ.tʃuːt/us/ˈkɑːn.stə.tuːt/constituteverb(BE CONSIDERED AS)
C1[L only+ noun,not continuous]formal
to be or beconsideredas something:
是;被看作,被视为Thislatestdefeatconstitutes amajorsetbackfor the Democrats.最近的这次失败是对民主党的一次重挫。
- Thelong-termunemployednow constitute asortofunderclass.
- Thepublishersclaimthat thebookconstitutes 'the firstsequentialexpositionofeventsandthusof thehistoryof therevolution'.
- Thetakeoverof theembassyconstitutes ablatantviolationofinternationallaw.
- Theyfeltthatourdiscussionswith othercompaniesconstituted abreachofouragreement.
- Herrefusaltosellthehouseconstituted amajorblowtoourplans.
Existing and being
- account forsomething
- alive
- be
- be a thingidiom
- been
- come
- extant
- found
- have legsidiom
- hood
- indissolubility
- lie
- lie in
- living
- run
- they're
- thing
- viability
- we're
- who're
constituteverb(FORM PART OF)
C1[Lnot continuous]
toformor make something:
形成;构成;组成Women constitute about tenpercentof Parliament.女性在议会中约占10%。
The under-18s constitutenearly25percentof the town'spopulation.18岁以下的人口占该城镇人口的近25%。
Comprising and consisting of
- be
- compose
- composition
- compositional
- comprise
- consist insomething
- consist ofsomething
- constituent
- constitution
- constitutive
- form
- from
- make
- makesomethingup
- multi-component
- of