vt.

1. 构成，组成[W]
   This move constitutes an act of aggression.

   这一举动构成了侵略行为。

2. 设立（机构等）；制定（法律等）
   A committee was constituted to investigate into that affair.

   为调查那件事成立了一个委员会。

3. 指定，任命，选派……的[O1]
   The strikers constituted him their spokesman.

   罢工工人选他为他们的发言人。

v.

1. be (a part) of a whole.
   ▸be or be equivalent to.
2. establish by law.