[] (usually be constituted) to form a group legally or officially（合法或正式地）成立，设立◆a properly constituted company with a proper balance sheet一家资产负债表合规的依法成立的公司 (linking verb 连系动词) (not used in the continuous tenses 不用于进行时态) to be the parts that together form sth组成；构成◆In the UK, women constitute 30% of managers.英国的女性经理占经理人数的 30%。SYNmake up (, ) (linking verb 连系动词) (not used in the continuous tenses 不用于进行时态) to be considered to be sth被认为（或看成）是；被算作◆Does such an activity constitute a criminal offence?这样的活动也算刑事犯罪？ⓘ Although this verb is not used in the continuous tenses in some meanings, it is common to see the present participle form constituting.尽管这动词在某些意义中不用于进行时态，但是现在分词 constituting 是常见的◆Management has to fix a maximum number of hours as constituting a day's work.管理层须定下构成一天工作的最高时数。