composition

英 [kɒmpə'zɪʃ(ə)n] 美[,kɑmpə'zɪʃən]

n. 作文，作曲，作品；[材] 构成；合成物；成分

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复数: compositions;

助记提示

1. com- "together" + posit- + -ion.
2. 含义：put together, collect a whole from several parts. => art of constructing sentences.

英文词源

composition (n.): late 14c., "action of combining," also "manner in which a thing is composed," from Old French composicion (13c., Modern French composition) "composition, make-up, literary work, agreement, settlement," from Latin compositionem (nominative compositio) "a putting together, connecting, arranging," noun of action from past participle stem of componere (see composite). Meaning "art of constructing sentences" is from 1550s; that of "literary production" (often also "writing exercise for students") is from c. 1600. Printing sense is 1832; meaning "arrangement of parts in a picture" is from 1706.

双语例句

1. The course is designed to help students with colour and composition.: 设置这门课程是为了指导学生如何运用色彩和构图。

2. the chemical composition of the soil: 土壤的化学成分

3. He played a piece of music of his own composition.: 他演奏了一首自己创作的曲子.

4. They decided to make a composition with their rivals.: 他们决定和他们的对手妥协.

5. The majority always turn an unfavorable attitude towards atonal composition.: 大多数人对无调性作品的态度往往是不能接受的.

英英释意

1. a mixture of ingredients

2. the way in which someone or something is composed

3. the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole;: "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art"

4. a musical work that has been created;: "the composition is written in four movements"

5. musical creation

6. the act of creating written works;: "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"

7. art and technique of printing with movable type

8. an essay (especially one written as an assignment);: "he got an A on his composition"

9. something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole;: "he envied the composition of their faculty"

考试真题

Adjusting the physical composition of their products.

Next he pulls up a music composition textbook, complete with playable demos.

Civilization,then,is fine — people banging away on their smartphones are fluently using a code separate from the one they use in actual writing, and there is no evidence that texting is ruining composition skills.

It deteriorates pelple's composition skills

Measurements of density and composition implied that Venus originally formed out of basically the same stuff as Earth.

She was the first to bring together insects and their habitats, including food they ate, into a single ecological composition.

The chemical composition of rainfall changes slightly as rain clouds move.

While few crafts men or farmers, let alone dependents and servants, left literary compositions to be analyzed, it is obvious that their views less fully intellectualized.

To be sure, he performs an impressive variety of interesting compositions, but it is not necessary for me to visit Avery Fisher Hall, or anywhere else, to hear interesting orchestral music.

In most of the homeless gardens of New York City the actual cultivation of plants is unfeasible, yet even so the compositions often seem to represent attempts to call arrangement of materials, an institution of colors, small pool of water, and a frequent presence of petals or leaves as well as of stuffed animals.

His compositions demand the performer to show courage, for example in the use of dynamics.

Beethoven’s importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions.

实用场景例句

to study composition: 学习作曲艺术

the chemical composition of the soil: 土壤的化学成分

the composition of the board of directors: 董事会的组成

one of Beethoven's finest compositions: 贝多芬最优美的音乐作品之一

pieces performed in the order of their composition: 按作曲顺序表演的作品

He taught the piano, organ and composition...: 他教授钢琴、管风琴和作曲。

The course is designed to help students with colour and composition.: 设置这门课程是为了指导学生如何运用色彩和构图。

These plays are arranged in their order of composition.: 这些剧作是按照其创作的先后顺序安排的。

Television has transformed the size and social composition of the audience at great sporting occasions...: 电视改变了重大体育赛事观众的规模和其社会阶层构成结构。

Forests vary greatly in composition from one part of the country to another.: 一个国家不同区域的森林在组成结构上存在很大的差异。

Mozart's compositions are undoubtedly amongst the world's greatest.: 莫扎特的作品无疑位居世界上最伟大的作品之列。

I am not interested in such trifles at all.: 我根本不理会这些小事.

He played a piece of music of his own composition.: 他演奏了一首自己创作的曲子.

They decided to make a composition with their rivals.: 他们决定和他们的对手妥协.

The majority always turn an unfavorable attitude towards atonal composition.: 大多数人对无调性作品的态度往往是不能接受的.

The prelude to the musical composition is very long.: 这首乐曲的序曲很长.

Have you finished your composition already? You are very speedy.: 你已经写完作文了吧 ?你动作真快.

Apart from [ Except for ] a few grammatical mistakes, this composition of yours is well written.: 除了几处语法错误之外, 你这篇作文写得不错.

My composition has not been completed yet.: 我的作文还未写完.

That composition was knocked off in about two hours after dinner one evening.: 那首曲子是在一天晚饭后用两小时左右谱写出来的.

The composition is all right, but there is room for improvement.: 这篇作文还不错, 不过还可以改进.

This painting has vivid colours but poor composition.: 这幅画色彩鲜明,但布局蹩脚.

The composition is well constructed.: 这篇文章的构思很不错.

The correction of composition took a large part of the teacher's time.: 批改作文花去了老师的大部分时间.

His composition has improved.: 他的作文有进步.

Make an outline before trying to write a composition.: 写作文之前先写个提纲.

His composition is excellent except for some grammatical mistakes.: 他的作文写得很好,只有几处语法错误.

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