constitute

vt. 组成，构成；建立；任命

中文词源

constitute 构成

con-, 强调。-stit, 站，词源同stand, institute. 即站立其中的，构成其中一部分的。

constitute: constitute: [15] Etymologically, that which is constituted is that which is ‘caused to stand’ or ‘set up’. The word comes from the past participle of Latin constituere ‘fix, establish’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and statuere ‘set up’ (source of English statute). This was a derivative of Latin status (whence English state and status), which itself began life as the past participle of stāre ‘stand’ (a relative of English stand). The derivative constituent [17] comes (partly via French) from the Latin present participle constituēns.
=> stand, statue, status, statute
constitute (v.): mid-15c., verb use of adjective constitute, "made up, formed" (late 14c.), from Latin constitutus "arranged, settled," past participle adjective from constituere "to cause to stand, set up, fix, place, establish, set in order; form something new; resolve," of persons, "to appoint to an office," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + statuere "to set," from PIE root *sta- "to stand," with derivatives meaning "place or thing that is standing" (see stet). Related: Constituted; constituting.

1. Volunteers constitute more than 95% of The Center's work force.: 该中心95%以上的工作人员是志愿者.

2. Motherhood did not constitute much of an interruption to her career.: 做母亲并没有在很大程度上中断她的事业。

3. Testing patients without their consent would constitute a professional and legal offence.: 未经患者同意而对其进行检查被视为违反职业操守并触犯法律。

5. These small nations constitute an important grouping within the EU.: 这些小国家是欧盟中的一个重要小集团。