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Constituent means part of a whole. The word comes up often in political contexts: constituents are the people politicians have been elected to represent. Elected officials should stay in touch with the needs of their constituents.
To understand constituent, look at constitute, which means “to make up.” The words share the Latin root constituentem, meaning “to compose,” as in a part that makes up a larger whole. A politician's electorate is made of individual constituent voters. Although it’s often used to refer to voters, you can also say that a car motor, for example, is made of constituent parts. Constituent can be a noun or adjective.
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
词根词缀
词根: stit
=set up/place,表示”建立,放”
adj.
constituent 组成的,构成的con共同+stit建立,放+uent→共同建立的→组成的
superstitious 迷信的superstition[[n.迷信]]男→adj.迷信的
n.
constituent 选民;成分,组分con共同+stit建立,放+uent→共同建立的→组成的
superstition 迷信super超过+stit站+ion表名词→站在人[理智]之上的东西→迷信
同义词辨析
这些名词均含”组成，成分，部分”之意。
- component： 指一个整体的组成部分。
- constituent： 常可与component换用，指某一整体不可少的部分或成分。
- element： 指一个整体必不可少或固有的部分，强调一个复杂整体中最基本、最简单的元件、元素或成分等。
- ingredient： 普通用词，含义笼统。既可指混在一起而本身没有变化的物质，如配料，又可指与别的物质混在一起，发生了变化的成分。
同义词
同根词
词根：constitute
adj.constitutive基本的；本质的；制定的；构成分子的
n.constituency（选区的）选民；支持者；（一批）顾客
vt.constitute组成，构成；建立；任命