| 单词 | constituent |
| 释义 | constituent (once / 472 pages) 1nadj 2n 3n Constituent means part of a whole, as in "we'll break this down into its constituent parts." The word comes up often in political contexts: constituents are the people politicians have been elected to represent. To understand constituent, look at constitute, which means to make up. A politician's electorate is constituted of individual constituent voters. Chex Party Mix is constituted of a delightful mix of constituent parts: Chex cereal, pretzels, cheese doodles and those little orange stick things no one has a name for. WORD FAMILYconstituent: constituency, constituents+/constituency: constituencies/constitute: constituent, constituted, constitutes, constituting, constitution, constitutive, reconstitute/constituted: self-constituted/constitution: constitutional, constitutionalize, constitutions/constitutional: constitutionalise, constitutionalist, constitutionally, constitutionals, unconstitutional/constitutionalise: constitutionalising/constitutionalize: constitutionalized, constitutionalizing/constitutive: constitutively/reconstitute: reconstituted, reconstitutes, reconstituting/unconstitutional: unconstitutionally USAGE EXAMPLESLegislators are elected to represent their constituents and act in their best interests. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Aldermen expressed concerns that constituents, particularly those who live or own businesses on that street, were not involved in the decision to change it. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Unfortunately, Republican Party leaders are sending cues of doubt and denial to their constituents. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) 1 1n an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system Syn|Hypo|Hyper component, element accessory, add-on, appurtenance, supplement a supplementary component that improves capability add-on, addition, improvera component that is added to something to improve it audiothe sound elements of television auto part, car parta component of an automobile crystala crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices computer hardware, hardware(computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system heating elementthe component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat ingredienta component of a mixture or compound inputa component of production; something that goes into the production of output landsidecomponent consisting of a side piece opposite the moldboard making(usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something modulea self-contained component (unit or item) that is used in combination with other components pel, picture element, pixel(computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot) retrofita component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured spare, spare partan extra component of a machine or other apparatus spark gapa component of an ignition system; consists of two shaped electrodes and the space between them additivesomething added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine admixture, intermixturean additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base afterthoughtan addition that was not included in the original plan annex, annexe, extension, wingan addition that extends a main building attachmenta supplementary part or accessory auto accessoryan accessory for an automobile bara heating element in an electric fire basethe principal ingredient of a mixture burnerthe heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and pans are placed for cooking cartridgea module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment C.P.U., CPU, central processing unit, central processor, mainframe, processor(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing computer accessoryan accessory for a computer elongation, extensionan addition to the length of something fittinga small and often standardized accessory to a larger system fixings, trimmingsthe accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity) immersion heatera heating element that is immersed in the liquid that is to be heated (as in a hot-water tank) computer memory, computer storage, memory, memory board, storage, storean electronic memory device piezoelectric crystala crystal that can be used as a transducer power modulemodule that provides power to operate other modules schedulercomputer hardware that arranges jobs to be done by the computer in an appropriate order sequencercomputer hardware that sorts data or programs into a predetermined sequence upgradehardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did part, portion something less than the whole of a human artifact 2n an abstract part of something two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony Syn|Hypo|Hyper component, element, factor, ingredient be all and end all, be-all and end-all the essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim plot elementa component or element of the plot of a story pointa geometric element that has position but no extension MacGuffin, McGuffin(film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot attracter, attractor(physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system intersection, intersection point, point of intersectiona point where lines intersect interceptthe point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis division, part, section one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole 3n something determined in relation to something that includes it the animal constituent of plankton Syn|Hypo|Hyper component, component part, part, portion substance the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists language unit, linguistic unitone of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed item, pointa distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list buttthe part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots base, basisthe most important or necessary part of something detail, item, particulara small part that can be considered separately from the whole unitan individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole memberanything that belongs to a set or class balance, remainder, residual, residue, residuum, restsomething left after other parts have been taken away subparta part of a part body substancethe substance of the body living substance, protoplasmthe substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus) discourseextended verbal expression in speech or writing worda unit of language that native speakers can identify syllablea unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme lexemea minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language; `go' and `went' and `gone' and `going' are all members of the English lexeme `go' morphememinimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units formativeminimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function namea language unit by which a person or thing is known agenda itemone of the items to be considered incidentalan item that is incidental inventory iteman item listed in an inventory line iteman item in an appropriation bill news iteman item in a newspaper place, positionan item on a list or in a sequence collocationa grouping of words in a sentence phone, sound, speech sound(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language signa fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified high spot, highlightthe most interesting or memorable part leftover, remnanta small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists chemistrythe chemical composition and properties of a substance or object material, stuffthe tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object phlogistona hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning mixture(chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding) atom(physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element chemical element, elementany of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter activator(biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription substratethe substance that is acted upon by an enzyme or ferment elementone of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe mediuman intervening substance through which something is achieved medium(biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed fluida substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure volatilea volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor essenceany substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted relation an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together 4adj constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) 2Syn constitutional, constitutive, organic essential basic and fundamental n (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper grammatical constituent subject (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated object(grammar) a constituent that is acted upon ablative absolutea constituent in Latin grammar; a noun and its modifier can function as a sentence modifier immediate constituenta constituent of a sentence at the first step in an analysis: e.g., subject and predicate construction, expression, grammatical constructiona group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit misconstructionan ungrammatical constituent termone of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition subject(logic) the first term of a proposition object of a preposition, prepositional objectthe object governed by a preposition direct object, object of the verbthe object that receives the direct action of the verb indirect objectthe object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb retained objectan object in a passive construction adjuncta construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence clause(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence complementa word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction involutiona long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction phrasean expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence predicatoran expression that predicates predicate(logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula referentthe first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate relatuma term in a proposition that is related to the referent of the proposition categorem, categoremea categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition major termthe term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion minor termthe term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion middle termthe term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion syntagm, syntagma a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit n a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected Hyper elector, voter a citizen who has a legal right to vote |
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