n.

1. 写作；作曲[U]
   The composition of the report took two months.

   写这份报告花了两个月时间。

2. 作品；作文；（大型）乐曲[C]
   There are many spelling mistakes in your compositions.

   你的作文有许多拼写错误。

3. 构成；构图；成分[C][U]
   We examined the rock to find out its composition.

   我们检验了这一石块，想弄清它的构成成分。

4. 气质，脾性[U]
   He has a touch of stubbornness in his composition.

   他脾气有点倔。

5. 合成物，仿造物[C]
   a chemical composition

   化合物

6. 【印】排字[U]
7. 和解协议[C]
   make a composition with one's creditors

   和债主达成和解协议

n.

1. the nature of the ingredients or constituents of a whole or mixture.
   ▸a thing composed of various elements.
2. a work of music, literature, or art.
   ▸the artistic arrangement of the elements of a picture.
3. the action of composing.
4. archaic mental constitution; character.
5. a legal agreement to pay a sum in lieu of a larger debt or other obligation.
6. Mathematics  the successive application of functions to a variable.
7. Physics  the process of finding the resultant of a number of forces.