constitution

• n.体質; 体格; 構成; 構築; 確立, 構成; 体格

con-、強調。-すなわち、立っている、比喩的には国家の礎石、国家の基礎。

constitution (n.)

mid-14c., "law, regulation, edict," from Old French constitucion (12c.) "constitution, establishment," and directly from Latin constitutionem (nominative constitutio) "act of settling, settled condition, anything arranged or settled upon, regulation, order, ordinance," from constitut-, past participle stem of constituere (see constitute).

Meaning "action of establishing" is from 1580s; that of "way in which a thing is constituted" is from c. 1600; that of "physical health, strength and vigor of the body" is from 1550s; of the mind, "temperament, character" from 1580s. Sense of "mode of organization of a state" is from c. 1600; that of "system of principles by which a community is governed" dates from 1730s; especially of a document of written laws since the U.S. and French constitutions, late 18c.

1. The constitution prohibits them from military engagement on foreign soil.

憲法は彼らが外国で軍事行動をとることを禁止している。

2.Brazil says its constitution forbids the private ownership of energy assets.

ブラジルは、個人のエネルギー資産の占有を憲法で禁止していると主張している。

3.The German constitution is an excellent model of decentralised government.

ドイツ憲法は地方政府分権制を実行する優れた模範である。

4.After the war，a convention was set up to frame a constition .

戦後、憲法制定のための会議が組織された。

5.The constitution also confers large powers on Brazil 's 25 constituent states.

憲法はブラジルの25州にも大きな権限を与えている。