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'Consist of' means to be made up of certain parts or things — it tells you what something contains. For example, 'the team consists of ten players' means those ten players are what make up the team. It's a calm, factual word, more common in writing than in casual talk.
由...組成、構成
組成From Latin "con-" (together) + "sistere" (to stand). So it originally meant "to stand together."
同家族的字
- consistentshares the same Latin root 'sistere,' to stand — something consistent 'stands together' steadily, without changing
- assistshares the Latin 'sistere,' to stand — to assist is to stand near someone to help
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
consistverb詞源 1/kənˈsɪst/
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obsoleteTo be.
- Why doe they cover with so many lets, one over another, those parts where chiefly consisteth [translating loge] our pleasure and theirs?
- District number twenty-five (25) shall consist the counties of Tompkins, Seneca and Yates.
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archaicTo exist or be compatible.
- [Homer] allows their characters such estimable qualities as could consist, and in truth generally do, with tender frailties.
- First, because it is granted by all divines, that hypothetical necessity, or necessity upon a supposition, may consist with liberty.
consistnoun詞源 2/ˈkɒn.sɪst/
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rail-transportrailwaystransportA lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit.
- The train's consist included a baggage car, four passenger cars, and a diner.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。