- constitutive (of something)
forming a part, often an essential part, of something 组成部分的；本质的；基本的 Memory is constitutive of identity. 记忆是身份的一个重要构成部分。 Poverty is a constitutive element of a particular form of economic growth. 贫穷是特定经济发展模式的组成部分。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryConstitutive is used with these nouns:- element
having the power to establish or give organized existence to something 组成部分的；本质的；基本的 Democracy depends on the rule of law for its constitutive procedures. 民主的构成程序依赖于法治。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from late Latin constitutivus, from constitut- ‘established’, from the verb constituere, from con- ‘together’ + statuere ‘set up’.