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。
noun
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。
语源
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)