"Compose"与"comprise"在表示"构成"含义时的核心区别如下:
1. 主动与被动关系(Active vs. Passive)
-- compose:强调部分构成整体(主动)
例:Twelve departments compose the university.
常用被动式:The university is composed of twelve departments.
-- comprise:强调整体包含部分(被动)
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word-vs-word-cn
【Compose】 means to create or to make up the whole.
- John Williams composes musical scores for Spielberg films.
- Five thousand songs 【compose】 the college’s new music library.
【Comprise】 means to consist of something.
- The college’s new music library comprises 5,000 songs.
- Memory hook: The whole comprises the parts, and the parts 【compose】 the whole.