consist

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第三人稱單數(shù):?consists;過去式:?consisted;過去分詞:?consisted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?consisting;

1. 共同站到一起 consist of 組成。

consist 存在于

con-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。-sist, 站，詞源同exist, stand.

consist: consist: [16] Latin consistere meant originally ‘stand still, be firmly in place’. It was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and sistere ‘place’ (a relative of Latin stāre, which entered into a parallel compound to form constāre ‘stand firm’, source of English constant [14]). The concrete concept of ‘standing firm’ passed into the more abstract ‘exist’, and hence ‘have a particular kind of existence, have particular inherent qualities’. By the time English borrowed the verb it had come to mean ‘be composed of’.
=> constant, constitute
consist (v.): 1520s, from Middle French consister (14c.) or directly from Latin consistere "to stand firm, take a standing position, stop, halt," from com- "together" (see com-) + sistere "to place," causative of stare "to stand, be standing" (see stay (v.)). Related: Consisted; consisting.

1. The division will consist of two tank companies and one infantry company.: 這個(gè)師的組成部隊(duì)將包括兩個(gè)坦克連和一個(gè)步兵連。

3. The development will consist of 66 dwellings and a number of offices.: 新建樓區(qū)將由66棟住房和一些辦公用房組成。

5. Their lives consist of the humdrum activities of everyday existence.: 他們的生活由日常生存的平凡活動(dòng)所構(gòu)成.