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单词 constitution
释义
constitution
noun[C]
uk
/ˌkɒn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːn.stəˈtuː.ʃən/

constitutionnoun[C](LAWS)

C1
the set ofpoliticalprinciplesby which astateororganizationisgoverned,especiallyinrelationto therightsof thepeopleitgoverns:
宪法；章程
Britainhas nowrittenconstitution.英国没有成文宪法。
the ConstitutionoftheUnitedStates《美国宪法》
Under(= aspartof)theunionconstitution, a newcommitteeiselectedeachyear.根据工会章程，委员会必须每年改选一次。
More examples
  • Clause 4 of the constitution isthoughtto be the mostimportantsection.
  • Until the constitution isamended, thepowertoappointministerswillremainwith thepresident.
  • When hesuspendedthe constitution anddissolvedCongress, he had theimprimaturof thearmedforces.
  • EastandWestGermanyunitedunderarticle23 of the Bonn constitution.
  • Thedraftingof a new constitution cannot be amonopolyof thewhiteminorityregime.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Official documents
  • accounts
  • affidavit
  • aleatory
  • annal
  • apostille
  • certify
  • filing
  • free pass
  • get-out clause
  • Green Paper
  • Hansard
  • prenuptial agreement
  • proceedings
  • pt
  • PTO
  • recertification
  • recertify
  • renewable
  • warrant
  • writ
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UK politics: legislation & law-making

constitutionnoun[C](HEALTH)

C2
thegeneralstateof someone'shealth:
体质，体格
He has a verystrongconstitution.他体格很强壮。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Health in general
  • attachment
  • constitutional
  • excess deaths
  • excess mortality
  • functioning
  • health
  • healthily
  • healthspan
  • healthy
  • hygiene
  • hygienic
  • non-medical
  • public health
  • sanitary
  • sanitation
  • scraping
  • self-care
  • shape
  • unclean
  • wellness
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constitutionnoun[C](PARTS)

how something is made up of differentparts:
组成；构成；结构；构造
the constitutionofachemicalcompound化合物的结构
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Comprising and consisting of
  • be
  • compose
  • composition
  • compositional
  • comprise
  • consist insomething
  • consist ofsomething
  • constituent
  • constitute
  • constitutive
  • form
  • from
  • make
  • makesomethingup
  • multi-component
  • of
(Definition ofconstitutionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

constitution| American Dictionary

constitution
noun
us
/ˌkɑn·stɪˈtu·ʃən/

constitutionnoun(LAWS)

[C]politics & government
the set ofpoliticalprinciplesby which aplaceororganizationisgoverned, or the writtendocumentthatrecordsit:
The first tenamendmentsto the Constitution of theUnitedStatesare called theBillofRights.
[C]US history,politics & government
The Constitution of theUnitedStatesis adocumentthatestablishesthebasicrulesandlawsof the Americangovernment.

constitutionnoun(HEALTH)

[Cusually sing]
a person’sphysicalcondition,esp. asshownbystrengthandstayingwell:
aweakconstitution
(Definition ofconstitutionfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

constitution| Business English

constitution
noun[C]
uk
/ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃən/us
GOVERNMENT
a written set ofrulesby which acountry,state, ororganizationisgoverned:
the Constitution of theUnitedStates
the constitution requires/prohibits/allows, etcMexico's constitutionguaranteestherightoffreetraveltoitscitizens.
draw up/adopt/amend the constitutionFollowing thesechanges, it wasproposedthat the company's constitution beamended.
under the constitutionUnder theunionconstitution, a newcommitteemust beelectedeveryyear.
the way that something isformedfrom differentparts:
the constitution ofsociety
Severalpeopleobjectedto the constitution of thecommittee,arguingthat women wereunder-represented.
(Definition ofconstitutionfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconstitution

constitution
The tendency to see constitutions as predetermined legal moulds can be a source of flawed institutional arrangements and eventual institutional failure.
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Lacking in the 1990 document, for example, was the ' reinforcement ' of the presidency so much a feature of earlier francophone constitutions.
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We have long known that many policies have been placed in constitutions because they would be relatively hard to change.
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Scholars should make an effort to understand the goals that were embodied in the texts as the constitutions were written.
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The text of the constitutions was merely the tip of an iceberg of common law, legislative compromise, judicial decision, and extra-governmental practice.
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Most writing on state constitutions is resolutely textual, as befits authors whose central concerns are legal history and the courts.
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None of those constitutions had the sanction of an enabling act.
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In the continental civil law tradition, individual cases are related to legal codes or constitutions.
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Unfortunately, the political dimension of constitutions has increasingly given way to a reliance on judicial mechanisms.
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In turn, these constitutions impact on understandings of what partnership itself might mean and be.
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Traditionally, institutionalism used to be in in-depth study of formal structures and constitutions, but the new institutionalist wave is different from the old approach.
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In addition to constitutions, the authors compiled information about electoral laws, party rules, and legislative rules that are not easily obtainable.
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Local units and their particularistic features must be well protected, to maintain their popularly based constitutions in the face of continued centripetal forces.
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Is it possible to enshrine the dignity of man in constitutions that also allow for strong government and stability?
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Voters rejected the proposed constitution's attempts to entrench further the power of the executive, despite repeated demands for the opposite during the consultation process. 16.
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Collocationswithconstitution

constitution

These are words often used in combination withconstitution.

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current constitution
The variable has five possible values, with a mean of 0.74 indicating general attachment to thecurrentconstitution.
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draft constitution
There were over two hundred objections from townships within the state to thedraftconstitution.
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genetic constitution
The genotype indicates the plant'sgeneticconstitutionand determines its inherent ability to grow and produce latex within the environment provided.
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