comprise

compose, comprise, consist, constitute

contain, include, embrace, involve, comprehend, hold, comprise

动词 comprise:

1. be composed of
   同义词：consist
2. include or contain; have as a component
   同义词：incorporate, contain
3. form or compose
   同义词：constitute, represent, make up, be

1. A cricket team is comprised of eleven players.
   一个板球队由11名队员组成。
2. This month's figures are comprised in the total.
   这个月的数字已包含在总数之内。
3. Fifteen separate republics comprised the Soviet Union.
   苏联由十五个加盟共和国组成。

com.prise

v.tr.（及物动词）
com.prised,com.pris.ing,com.pris.es
To consist of; be composed of:
由…构成；由…组成：
例句：
.The French got . . . French Equatorial Africa, comprising several territories.(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)

To include; contain:
包含；包括：
例句：
.The word ‘politics’ . . . comprises, in itself, a difficult study of no inconsiderable magnitude.(Charles Dickens)See Synonyms at 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 include

Usage Problem To compose; constitute:
【用法疑难】 组成；构成：
例句：
.Put together the slaughterhouses, the steel mills, the freight yards . . . that comprised the city.(Saul Bellow)
.构成这个城市的是屠宰场、制钢厂、货运场等.(索尔·贝洛)

来源：
Middle English comprisen
中古英语 comprisen
from Old French compris [past participle of] comprendre [to include]
源自 古法语 compris [] comprendre的过去分词 [包括]
from Latin comprehendere * see comprehend
源自 拉丁语 comprehendere *参见 comprehend

【引伸】
compris.able
adj.（形容词）
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：
例句：
The Union comprises 50 states.
联邦包括50个州。

例句：
Fifty states compose (or constitute or make up ) the Union.
50个州组成（或用 constitute 或 make up ) 联邦 。

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