| 单词 | comprise |
| 释义 | comprise[kəm'praiz]vt. 包含, 构成 comprise com.prise AHD: [k…m-prºz“] D.J. [k*m6pra!z]K.K. [k*m6pra!z]v.tr.（及物动词） com.prised,com.pris.ing,com.pris.es 1. To consist of; be composed of:由…构成；由…组成：“The French got . . . French Equatorial Africa, comprising several territories”(&b{Alex Shoumatoff})“法国人得到…由几个领地组成的法属赤道非洲地区”(亚历克斯·肖马托夫)2. To include; contain:包含；包括：“The word ‘politics’ . . . comprises, in itself, a difficult study of no inconsiderable magnitude”(&b{Charles Dickens})See Synonyms at &b{include} “‘政治学’这个词本身就包含了复杂广大的学问”(查尔斯·狄更斯)参见 include3. Usage Problem To compose; constitute:【用法疑难】 组成；构成：“Put together the slaughterhouses, the steel mills, the freight yards . . . that comprised the city”(&b{Saul Bellow})“构成这个城市的是屠宰场、制钢厂、货运场等”(索尔·贝洛)语源:1. Middle English comprisen 中古英语 comprisen 2. from Old French compris [past participle of] comprendre [to include] 源自 古法语 compris [] comprendre的过去分词 [包括] 3. from Latin comprehendere * see comprehend 源自 拉丁语 comprehendere *参见 comprehend继承用法:compris“able adj.（形容词）用法:1. The traditional rule states that the wholecomprises the parts; the parts compose the whole. In strict usage: 传统规则认为整体comprises （包括）部分；部分 compose （组成）整体。 而严格用法是： Fifty states compose (or &I{constitute} or &I{make up} ) &I{the Union.} 50个州组成（或用 constitute 或 make up ) 联邦 。 2. While this distinction is still maintained by many writers,comprise is increasingly used, especially in the passive, in place of compose: The Union is comprised of 50 states. In an earlier survey, a majority of the Usage Panel found this use ofcomprise unacceptable. See Usage Note at include 虽然许多作家仍然坚持这个规则，但是comprise 越来越多地取代了 compose：联邦包括50个州。 在早先的调查中，大多数用法专题使用小组成员认为comprise 的这种用法是不可接受的 参见 include |
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