consist: [16] Latin consistere meant originally ‘stand still, be firmly in place’. It was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and sistere ‘place’ (a relative of Latin stāre, which entered into a parallel compound to form constāre ‘stand firm’, source of English constant [14]). The concrete concept of ‘standing firm’ passed into the more abstract ‘exist’, and hence ‘have a particular kind of existence, have particular inherent qualities’. By the time English borrowed the verb it had come to mean ‘be composed of’. => constant, constitute
consist (v.)
1520s, from Middle French consister (14c.) or directly from Latin consistere "to stand firm, take a standing position, stop, halt," from com- "together" (see com-) + sistere "to place," causative of stare "to stand, be standing" (see stay (v.)). Related: Consisted; consisting.
双语例句
1. The division will consist of two tank companies and one infantry company.
这个师的组成部队将包括两个坦克连和一个步兵连。
来自柯林斯例句
2. A healthy diet should consist of wholefood.
健康饮食应由全天然食物构成。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The development will consist of 66 dwellings and a number of offices.
新建楼区将由66栋住房和一些办公用房组成。
来自《权威词典》
4. The atmosphere consist of more than 70 % of nitrogen.
大气中含有70%以上的氮气.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. Their lives consist of the humdrum activities of everyday existence.
