constitute
['kɔnstitju:t]
vt.构成, 组成, 任命, 建立, 制定
例句与用法:
The defeat constitutes a major set-back for our diplomacy.
这次失败是我们外交上的重大挫折。
Laws are constituted to protect individual rights and properties.
法律是为保卫人民的权利和财产而制定的。
Twelve months constitute one year.
十二个月构成一年。
词形变化:
名词: constituter | 动词过去式: constituted | 动词过去分词: constituted | 动词现在分词: constituting | 动词第三人称单数: constitutes |
详细释义:
vt.
1. 构成, 组成[W]
This move constitutes an act of aggression.
这一举动构成了侵略行为。
2. 设立(机构等); 制定(法律等)
A committee was constituted to investigate into that affair.
为调查那件事成立了一个委员会。
3. 指定, 任命, 选派……的[O1]
The strikers constituted him their spokesman.
罢工工人选他为他们的发言人。