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constituent 音标拼音: [kənst'ɪtʃuənt] n. 成分,选民,构成物
a. 构成的,组织的,有提名权的 成分,选民,构成物构成的,组织的,有提名权的 constituent adj 1: constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) [synonym: {constituent(a)}, {constitutional}, {constitutive(a)}, {organic}] n 1: 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; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system" [synonym: {component}, {constituent}, {element}] 2: 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" 3: something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" [synonym: {part}, {portion}, {component part}, {component}, {constituent}] 4: (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction [synonym: {constituent}, {grammatical constituent}] 5: an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech" [synonym: {component}, {constituent}, {element}, {factor}, {ingredient}] Constituent \Con*stit"u*ent\ (k[o^]n*st[i^]t"[-u]*[-e]nt), a. [L. constituens, -entis, p. pr. See {Constitute}.] 1. Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component. [1913 Webster] Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily constituent of a man. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the power of electing or appointing. [1913 Webster] A question of right arises between the constituent and representative body. --Junius. [1913 Webster] Constituent \Con*stit"u*ent\, n. 1. The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs. [1913 Webster] Their first composure and origination require a higher and nobler constituent than chance. --Sir M. Hale [1913 Webster] 2. That which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an essential part; a component; an element. [1913 Webster] We know how to bring these constituents together, and to cause them to form water. --Tyndall. [1913 Webster] 3. One for whom another acts; especially, one who is represented by another in a legislative assembly; -- correlative to representative. [1913 Webster] The electors in the district of a representative in Congress, or in the legislature of a State, are termed his constituents. --Abbot. [1913 Webster] To appeal from the representatives to the constituents. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 4. (Law) A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact. --Burrill. [1913 Webster] 97 Moby Thesaurus words for "constituent": ab ovo, adjunct, adoptive, air, appointive, appurtenance, aspect, atom, atomic particles, basal, basic, brute matter, building block, census, chemical element, choosing, choosy, circumstance, component, composition, constituents, constitutive, content, contents, detail, discriminating, division, divisions, earth, eclectic, elective, electoral, element, elemental, elementary, elementary particle, elementary unit, elements, essential, factor, feature, fire, fixings, formative, fraction, fundamental, fundamental particle, gut, guts, hyle, hypostasis, index, ingredient, ingredients, innards, insides, integral, integrant, inventory, item, items, list, makings, material, material world, materiality, matter, molecule, monad, natural world, nature, of the essence, original, part, part and parcel, particular, parts, physical world, plenum, portion, primal, primary, primitive, radical, selecting, selective, specialty, stuff, substance, substantial, substantive, substratum, the four elements, underlying, unit of being, water, whole CONSTITUENT. He who gives authority to another to act for him. 1 Bouv. Inst.
n. 893. 2. The constituent is bound with whatever his attorney does by virtue of his authority. The electors of a member of the legislature are his constituents, to whom he is responsible for his legislative acts.
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