Consist
[kən'sɪst]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) be composed of; 'The land he conquered comprised several provinces'; 'What does this dish consist of?'.
(verb.) be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous; 'Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end'.
(verb.) have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in; 'The payment consists in food'; 'What does love consist in?'.
巴纳德編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained.
(v. i.) To be composed or made up; -- followed by of.
(v. i.) To have as its substance or character, or as its foundation; to be; -- followed by in.
(v. i.) To be consistent or harmonious; to be in accordance; -- formerly used absolutely, now followed by with.
(v. i.) To insist; -- followed by on.
手打:特伦斯
同義詞及反義詞：
[See CONSTITUTE]
手打:利奥波德
解釋/意思:
v.i. to exist subsist: to co-exist: to agree.—ns. Consist′ence Consist′ency a degree of density: substance: agreement: the quality of being self-consistent.—adj. Consistent fixed: not fluid: agreeing together: uniform in thought or action.—adv. Consist′ently.—adjs. Consistō′rial Consistō′rian.—n. Consist′ory properly a place of assembly: the particular place where the privy-council of the Roman emperor met the council itself: an assembly or council: a spiritual or ecclesiastical court in the R.C. Church consisting of the pope and cardinals and determining all such matters as the appointment of cardinals bishops &c.; in the Lutheran Church exercising a supervision over religion and education over the clergy schoolmasters and theological candidates; in the Reformed Church the kirk-session or the presbytery.—Consist in to lie in: to depend upon: to be composed of; Consist of to be made up of.
手打:蒙塔古
例句/造句/用法:
- The whole atmosphere could not consist of such groups of three because the watery particles were but a small portion of the total a tmosphere. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- In the inferior employments, the sweets of labour consist altogether in the recompence of labour. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The giant rolls consist of a pair of iron cylinders of massive size and weight, with removable wearing plates having irregular surfaces formed by projecting knobs. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Of what is this fine crop to consist, ma'am? 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Sound waves may be said to consist of a series of condensations and rarefactions, and the distance between two consecutive condensations and rarefactions may be defined as the wave length. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- That of an individual is totally excluded from making any part of his neat revenue, which must consist altogether in his profits. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- My orisons consist in peace and good will, in resignation and hope. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- One of these consists of the crushing and grinding machinery, and the other of the long kilns. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The system of filling adopted consists of a culvert in each side wall feeding laterals from which are openings upward into the lock chamber. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It consists of a series of silk disks saturated with a sizing of plumbago and well dried. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It consists chiefly of the four following articles. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- This consolation principally consists in their invention of the words: faculty and occult quality. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Whatever is extended consists of parts; and whatever consists of parts is divisible, if not in reality, at least in the imagination. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- The latest improvement in chemical matches is the Vesta, which consists of small wax, or stearine tapers, with an igniting composition at the end, consisting of chlorate of potass and phosphorus. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- That consisted of two matchless lips and a cheek only, her head being still enveloped. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The camera obscura consisted of a box with a lens at one end and a ground glass at the other, just like a modern camera. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Indeed, I am so unobservant of it, that to this day I can scarce tell a few hours after dinner of what dishes it consisted. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- This consisted of mechanical means for throwing the shuttle across the web by a sudden jerk of a bar--one at each side--operated by pulling a cord. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The semaphore consisted of an upright post, having arms on each side, that could be readily extended, at any given angle. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The signals of his telegraph consisted of the bubbles of gas arising from the decomposition of water, during the action of the electric current. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Instead of it, a new supreme court of judicature was established, consisting of a chief justice and three judges, to be appointed by the crown. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The meal was then bolted, and the tailings, consisting of bran, middlings and adherent flour, again sifted and re-ground. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The Morse telegraphic code, consisting of dots, dashes, and spaces, is given in Figure 218. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Again, the experiments demonstrated that the force necessary to maintain at high velocity an apparatus consisting of planes and motors could be produced by means already available. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The latest improvement in chemical matches is the Vesta, which consists of small wax, or stearine tapers, with an igniting composition at the end, consisting of chlorate of potass and phosphorus. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Again descending, it brought up another loop, enchained it with the one last made, making a chain stitch, consisting of a series of loops on the upper side. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The receiving instrument at the other end of the line was constructed upon much the same general lines as the transmitter, consisting of a metallic drum and reels for the paper tape. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
整理:蒂娜