compose: [15] Etymologically, compose means simply ‘put together’; it comes, via Old French composer, from compos-, the perfect stem of Latin compōnere, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘with’ and pōnere ‘place, put’, source of English position. Amongst its many descendants and derivatives are compound, component [17] (from the Latin present participle compōnent-), composite [16] (from the Latin past participle compositus), and compost [14] (which originally meant ‘stewed fruit’, like the later-borrowed compote [17]). => component, composite, compost, compote, compound, position
compose (v.)
c. 1400, compousen, from Old French composer "put together, arrange, write" a work (12c.), from com- "with" (see com-) + poser "to place," from Late Latin pausare "to cease, lay down" (see pause (n.)). Meaning influenced in Old French by componere (see composite; also see pose (v.)). Musical sense is from 1590s. Related: Composed; composing.
权威例句
1. They must each compose a poem in strict alliterative metre.
他们必须每人作一首严格押头韵的诗。
2. Protein molecules compose all the complex working parts of living cells.
活细胞中所有复杂的运行成分都由蛋白质分子构成。
3. Most software programs allow you to compose emails offline.
大部分软件程序允许用户在脱机状态下写电子邮件。
4. Cale also uses electronic keyboards to compose.
【constitute, consist, compose, comprise, include】
这组词都有“组成,包含”的意思,其区别是:
constitute: v.构成,组成(整体)。
• Crime and illegal drugs constitute the city's major problems. 犯罪和非法毒品买卖是这个城市面临的主要问题。
consist: v.组成,构成,由……组成(后接of,常用于主动语态);(后接in)在于,存在于。
• The problem consists of two parts. 问题由两部分组成。
• The beauty of the plan consists in its simplicity. 这计划的好处就在于简单易行。
compose: v.构成(整体),组成;由……组成(后接of,常用于被动语态);创作(作曲、诗歌等)。
• The committee was composed mainly of teachers and parents. 委员会主要由教师和学生家长组成。
comprise: v.包含,包括,由……组成(整体);组成,构成。
• Our company's product line comprises 2,500 different items. 我们公司的生产线是由2,500个不同的组成部分构成的。
include: v.包括,包含,把……列入。
• The conference delegates included representatives from abroad. 大会代表中有来自海外的代表。