constituent

kәn'stitjuәnt
六级考研托福雅思GRE Collins 2

英文释义

n. a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes
n. (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
s. constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)

中文翻译

n. 成分, 选民, 构成物
a. 构成的, 组织的, 选举的

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5,746
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记忆技巧

constituent 可以拆分为前缀 con-（共同、一起）和词根 stitu（建立、设立），再加上后缀 -ent（形容词后缀）。整体意思是“共同建立的部分”，可以理解为“组成部分”。

例句

1. The constituents of the committee met to discuss new policies.
委员会的成员们聚在一起讨论新政策。
2. Each ingredient is a key constituent of the recipe.
每种成分都是这个食谱的重要组成部分。
3. The politician promised to listen to the concerns of his constituents.
这位政治家承诺倾听选民的关切。

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