3000pre: constitute v 构成;制定(con 一起 +stitute→放到一起→构成)
GRE3000
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constitute
(考法 1) vt. 指派,任命: to appoint to an office, function, or dignity
(例) He was constituted manager. 他被任命为经理
(近) nominate, designate, authorize
(反) discharge, dismiss 撤除职务;abdicate, resign 退位,辞职
(考法 2) v. 构成: make up, form, compose
(例) Water constitutes the greater part of the human body. 人体中包含着大量的水分
(近) compose, comprise, form
(派) constitution n. 构成;宪法;体格
GRE 红宝 :
constitute 组成,构成;建立
Merriam-Webster:
constitute
v. (fml ) make up or form (a whole); be the components of
GRE 老杜 :
constitute
v. 构成 (GSC931001-3)3. Before the World War II, academics still questioned
whether the body of literature produced in the United States truly constituted.
a national literature, or whether such literature was only a provincial
branch of English literature.
在二战以前,学术界人士依然在质疑,到底在美国产生的文学作品真正地构成了一
类民族文学,还是仅仅是英国文学的一个地方性分支。