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【问】 我一直搞不清comprise,compose和constitute这三个词的用法。
 【答】 comprise(vt)作“包括”、“由……组成”解:
 1. The United Kingdom comprises England,Wales,Scotland and Northern Ireland. (LDCE)
 联合王国包括英格兰、威尔士、苏格兰和北爱尔兰。
 2. These two books comprised all of his published poetry. (MD)
 这两本书包括他出版的所有的诗。
 3. The force comprised two battalions and a battery. (ALD)
 这支部队包括两个步兵营和一个炮兵连。
 4. The curriculum comprises every field of knowledge. (Crews)
 安排的课程包括各方面的知识。
 compose作“构成”、“组成”(make up)解:
 1. All those fields together compose the curriculum. (Crews)
 所有那些学科一起构成了全部课程。
 2. England,Scotland,and Wales compose the island of Great Britain. (FWF)
 英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士构成了大不列颠群岛。
 最常用的结构是:be composed of
 1. The ocean is composed of salt water. (Thorndike)
 海洋是由盐水构成的。
 2. Steel is composed of iron and a number of other elements.
 钢是由铁和一些其他元素组成的。
 constitute的用法和意义与compose相似:
 1. All those fields together constitute the curriculum.
 所有那些学科一起构成了全部课程。
 2. Seven days constitute a week.
 七天组成一周。
 请做下面的托福题:
 1. Three straight lines meeting at three points constitute a triangle.
 A. consist of B. come down to C. make up D. center on
 2. to be composed of,to include
 A. comprise B. constrain C. suffice D. subsidize(TOEFL,76. 2)


赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第270-271页.
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