1N-UNCOUNT 组成;构成;组合方式 When you talk about the composition of something, you are referring to the way in which its various parts are put together and arranged. 组成;构成;组合方式
Television has transformed the size and social composition of the audience at great sporting occasions. [+ of]
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。
2N-COUNT (作曲家、画家等的)作品 The compositions of a composer, painter, or other artist are the works of art that they have produced. (作曲家、画家等的)作品
Mozart's compositions are undoubtedly amongst the world's greatest.
At school, composition tests your stamina, whereas translation requires intelligence. But in later life you can scoff at those who did well in compositionGustave FlaubertThe Dictionary of Received Ideas
1parts that form sth組成部份ADJECTIVE | VERB + COMPOSITION | COMPOSITION + VERB | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤overall整體組成部份◇The overall composition of the Senate was Democrats 57 and Republicans 43.整個參議院的組成是民主黨 57 席,共和黨 43 席。➤internal內部組成◇the character of the state and its internal composition國家的性質及其內部組成➤exact, precise確切的/精確的組合成分▸➤changing不斷變化的組合◇the changing composition of the workforce勞動力不斷變化的構成➤age, class, demographic, ethnic, family, gender, household, population, racial, social年齡/階層/人口統計/民族/家庭/性別/戶口/人口/種族/社會構成◇the ethnic composition of the region該地區的民族構成➤species物種構成▸➤chemical, mineralogical化學/礦物成分VERB + COMPOSITION➤determine決定組成◇elections to determine the composition of the assembly決定議會組成的選舉➤analyse/analyze, measure, study分析/測量/研究構成➤alter, change改變構成◇Irradiation changes the chemical composition of a spice.輻照會改變香料的化學成分。COMPOSITION + VERB➤change, differ構成變化;組成不同◇Has household composition changed in the last decade?在過去的 10 年中,家庭人口構成發生變化了嗎?PHRASES➤a change in the composition of sth⋯構成的變化composition
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2piece of music音樂作品ADJECTIVE | VERB + COMPOSITION | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤classical, instrumental, musical古典音樂作品;器樂作品;音樂作品▸➤original原創樂曲◇an original composition by a popular young composer受歡迎的年輕作曲家的原創作品VERB + COMPOSITION➤write作曲▸➤perform, play演奏樂曲PREPOSITION➤composition by由⋯作曲◇a composition by John Cage約翰・凱奇的音樂作品➤composition for為⋯譜寫的樂曲◇a composition for violin and piano小提琴鋼琴協奏曲composition
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3art of writing music音樂創作VERB + COMPOSITION | PHRASESVERB + COMPOSITION➤study學習作曲➤teach教授音樂創作PHRASES➤a method of composition作曲方法composition
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4piece of writing文章ADJECTIVE | VERB + COMPOSITION | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤literary, original, poetic, prose文學/原創/詩歌/散文作品VERB + COMPOSITION➤do, write寫作文◇In the exam you will have to do a composition.考試中得寫一篇作文。PREPOSITION➤composition on關於⋯的作文◇a composition on the effects of crime論述犯罪影響的文章composition
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5work of art藝術作品ADJECTIVE | VERB + COMPOSITION | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤abstract, figure, formal, pictorial抽象藝術作品;人物藝術作品;形式藝術作品;繪畫作品▸➤original原創藝術作品▸➤perfect完美的藝術作品VERB + COMPOSITION➤create創作藝術作品PREPOSITION➤composition by⋯的作品◇a composition by the sculptor, Bernt Notke雕刻家伯恩特・諾特克的作品