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constitution
英 [kɒnstɪ'tjuːʃ(ə)n] 美 ['kɑnstə'tʊʃən]
这里集中整理“constitution”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
单词速览
词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- n. 宪法；体质；章程；构造；建立，组成；体格
延伸内容
词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
复数: constitutions;
中文词源
constitution 宪法
con-, 强调。-stit, 站，词源同stand, institute. 即站立的，比喻义国家基石，国家根本。
英文词源
- constitution (n.)
- mid-14c., "law, regulation, edict," from Old French constitucion (12c.) "constitution, establishment," and directly from Latin constitutionem (nominative constitutio) "act of settling, settled condition, anything arranged or settled upon, regulation, order, ordinance," from constitut-, past participle stem of constituere (see constitute).
Meaning "action of establishing" is from 1580s; that of "way in which a thing is constituted" is from c. 1600; that of "physical health, strength and vigor of the body" is from 1550s; of the mind, "temperament, character" from 1580s. Sense of "mode of organization of a state" is from c. 1600; that of "system of principles by which a community is governed" dates from 1730s; especially of a document of written laws since the U.S. and French constitutions, late 18c.
双语例句
- 1. The constitution prohibits them from military engagement on foreign soil.
- 宪法禁止他们在外国采取军事行动。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Brazil says its constitution forbids the private ownership of energy assets.
- 巴西称其宪法禁止个人占有能源资产。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The German constitution is an excellent model of decentralised government.
- 德国宪法是实行地方政府分权制的优秀典范。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. After the war, a convention was set up to frame a constitution.
- 战后，为制定宪法组织了一次会议。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The constitution also confers large powers on Brazil's 25 constituent states.
- 宪法还赋予巴西的25个成员州很大的权力。
来自柯林斯例句
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