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constitution

/kon-sti-too-shuhn, -tyoo-/US // ˌkɒn stɪˈtu ʃən, -ˈtyu- //UK // (ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃən) //

宪法,宪政,憲法,构成

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the system of fundamental principles according to which a nation, state, corporation, or the like, is governed.
    • : the document embodying these principles.
    • : Constitution of the United States.
    • : the way in which a thing is composed or made up; makeup; composition: the chemical constitution of the cleanser.
    • : the physical character of the body as to strength, health, etc.: He has a strong constitution.
    • : Medicine/Medical, Psychology. the aggregate of a person's physical and psychological characteristics.
    • : the act or process of constituting; establishment.
    • : the state of being constituted; formation.
    • : any established arrangement or custom.
    • : Archaic. character or condition of mind; disposition; temperament.

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Examples

  • You know, they’re going to have to write a new constitution, probably.

  • Roe rested on a 1965 ruling, Griswold v Connecticut, which established a “right to privacy” in the constitution, an area of personal decision-making into which the state could not intrude except without very good reason.

  • Xi has hardwired his personal “Xi Jinping Thought” ideology into his constitution and the nation’s cybersecurity rules.

  • The constitution does quite clearly bar him from serving a third term, but, hey, it’s worth a shot with a friendly Supreme Court.

  • Without its special status, Jammu & Kashmir no longer had its own constitution and ceased to have autonomy over its own affairs.

  • Judge Hinkle said “the Constitution requires the Clerk to issue such licenses.”

  • Can they determine that individual citizens should not have access to rights provided by the Constitution?

  • When our elected representatives assume their respective offices, they take an oath to “protect and defend the Constitution.”

  • He refused to sign the Constitution, for good reasons and bad.

  • One African American woman brandished a pocket-sized copy of the Constitution while marching.

  • Election of representatives from New York to consider the federal constitution held.

  • “Lecompton” constitution of Kansas was a pro-slavery document which Buchanan favoured.

  • In fact it was a battle between the dire disease and that powerful constitution for which the Brown family is celebrated.

  • He assisted in framing the federal constitution, and made himself useful to his country in various ways.

  • South Carolina adopted the federal constitution, recommending amendments, being the 8th state in succession; votes 149 to 73.