constitution

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constitution 憲法

con-, 強調。-stit, 站，詞源同stand, institute. 即站立的，比喻義國家基石，國家根本。

constitution (n.): mid-14c., "law, regulation, edict," from Old French constitucion (12c.) "constitution, establishment," and directly from Latin constitutionem (nominative constitutio) "act of settling, settled condition, anything arranged or settled upon, regulation, order, ordinance," from constitut-, past participle stem of constituere (see constitute).

Meaning "action of establishing" is from 1580s; that of "way in which a thing is constituted" is from c. 1600; that of "physical health, strength and vigor of the body" is from 1550s; of the mind, "temperament, character" from 1580s. Sense of "mode of organization of a state" is from c. 1600; that of "system of principles by which a community is governed" dates from 1730s; especially of a document of written laws since the U.S. and French constitutions, late 18c.

1. The constitution prohibits them from military engagement on foreign soil.: 憲法禁止他們在外國采取軍事行動。

2. Brazil says its constitution forbids the private ownership of energy assets.: 巴西稱其憲法禁止個人占有能源資產。

3. The German constitution is an excellent model of decentralised government.: 德國憲法是實行地方政府分權制的優秀典范。

4. After the war, a convention was set up to frame a constitution.: 戰后，為制定憲法組織了一次會議。

5. The constitution also confers large powers on Brazil's 25 constituent states.: 憲法還賦予巴西的25個成員州很大的權力。