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.
权威例句
1. The division will consist of two tank companies and one infantry company.
这个师的组成部队将包括两个坦克连和一个步兵连。
2. A healthy diet should consist of wholefood.
健康饮食应由全天然食物构成。
3. The development will consist of 66 dwellings and a number of offices.
新建楼区将由66栋住房和一些办公用房组成。
4. The atmosphere consist of more than 70 % of nitrogen.
大气中含有70%以上的氮气.
5. Their lives consist of the humdrum activities of everyday existence.
【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。