constitutive

constitutive
adjective
  1. having the power to establish or give organized existence to something
    有建立权的,有设立权的;有制定权的;有任命权的
    the state began to exercise a new and constitutive function.
    政府开始履行新的任命职能。
  2. forming a part or constituent of something; component
    组成的;构成的;成分的
    poverty is a constitutive element of a particular form of economic growth.
    贫穷是特定经济发展模式的组成部分。
    ■forming an essential element of something
    本质的;基本的;必要的
    language is constitutive of thought.
    语言是形成思想的基本要素。
  3. (Biochemistry)relating to an enzyme or enzyme system that is continuously produced in an organism, regardless of the needs of cells
    (生化)(酶)组成的,构成的
派生
constitutively
adverb
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from late Latin constitutivus, from constitut- 'established' (see constitute)
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