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com·prise AHD[kəm-prīzʹ] D.J.[kəmˈpraɪz]K.K.[kəmˈpraɪz]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："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："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："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)
- 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
comprisʹable 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： The Union comprises 50 states.联邦包括50个州。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
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