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