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) ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)
To make something by merging parts. from later 15th c.
To make up the whole; to constitute.
To comprise.
To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
To calm; to free from agitation.
To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.
To compose, to constitute. See usage note below.
To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential, to define an invention. ("Open-ended", doesn't limit to the items listed; cf. compose, which is "closed" and limits to the items listed.)
To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.
To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute.
To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture.
To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.
To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet.
To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).
To come to terms.
To comprehend; to include.
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.
To make something by merging parts. from later 15th c.
To make up the whole; to constitute.
To comprise.
To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
To calm; to free from agitation.
To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.
To compose, to constitute. See usage note below.
To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential, to define an invention. ("Open-ended", doesn't limit to the items listed; cf. compose, which is "closed" and limits to the items listed.)
To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.
To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute.
To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture.
To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.
To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet.
To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).