constituent
constituent
adjective
[attrib.]
adjective
[attrib.]
- being a part of a whole
组成的，构成的
the constituent minerals of the rock.
构成此岩石的矿石。 - being a voting member of an organization and having the power to appoint or elect
选举的；有任命（或选举）权的
the constituent body has a right of veto.
任命机构有否决权。
■able to make or change a political constitution
立宪的；有宪法制订（或修改）权的
a constituent assembly.
立宪会议。
- a member of an area which elects a representative to a legislative body
选区居民，选民 - a component part of something
组成部分，成分，组分，构分
the essential constituents of the human diet.
人类饮食的基本成分。
- late 15th cent. (in the legal sense of the noun): from Latin constituent- (partly via French constituant) 'establishing, appointing', from the verb constituere (see constitute)
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