constituting v. 为……的成分;(人或事物)组成;相当于;授以合法形式(constitute 的现在分词)
- Then treasure your time, because time is the material of constituting life.
你热爱生命吗?那么就请珍惜时间,因为时间是组成生命的材料。 - Do you love life? Then treasure your time, because time is the material of constituting life.
你热爱生命吗?那么就请珍惜时间,因为时间是组成生命的材料。 - Of, relating to, or constituting an organic compound containing a metal, especially a compound in which a metal atom is bonded directly to a carbon atom.
属于、关于或组成一种有机化合物,该化合物包含一种金属,特别是金属原子直接与碳原子相连的化合物。
Constitute \Con"sti*tute\ (k[o^]n"st[ict]*t[=u]t), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. {Constituted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Constituting}.] [L.
constitutus, p. p. of constiture to constitute; con- +
statuere to place, set, fr. status station, fr. stare to
stand. See {Stand}.]
1. To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.
Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.
--Jer. Taylor.
2. To make up; to compose; to form.
Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold
that defies destruction. --Johnson.
3. To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and
empower.
Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine.
--Wordsworth.
{Constituted authorities}, the officers of government,
collectively, as of a nation, city, town, etc. --Bartlett.