constitution /.konstx'tjujn US: -'tu: jn; zkansta-'tjujan/ n 1 [C] system of government; laws and principles according to which a state is governed: 政治制度; 憲法(治理一國(guó)所依據(jù)的法規(guī))： Great Britain has an unwritten ~; the United States has a written 英國(guó)的憲法是不成文的; 美國(guó)的憲法是成文的。 2 [C] general physical structure and condition of a person's body: 體格; 體質(zhì)： Only people with strong ~s should climb in the Himalayas. 只有體格強(qiáng)健的人才可以攀登喜馬拉雅山。 3 (C, U) general structure of a thing; act or manner of constituting: 物的 - 般構(gòu)造; 組織; 任命、成立、授權(quán)或構(gòu)成的行為或方式 . the ~ of the solar spectrum; 太陽(yáng)光譜的構(gòu)成; the ~ of one's mind and character. 某人之心理和性格的素質(zhì)。