1680s, "pertaining to a person's (physical or mental) constitution," from constitution + -al (1). Meaning "beneficial to bodily constitution" is from 1750. Meaning "authorized or allowed by the political constitution" is from 1765. Constitutional monarchy is recorded from 1801, from French. Related: Constitutionally.
constitutional (n.)
"a constitutional walk," 1829, probably originally among university students, from constitutional (adj.) in the "beneficial to bodily health" sense.
雙語例句
1. Ministers took the floor to denounce the decision to suspend constitutional rule.
幾位部長發(fā)言譴責暫停憲制的決定。
來自柯林斯例句
2. It is only an Elastoplast solution to a far greater constitutional pro-blem.
對于一個非常嚴重的憲法問題來說，這只是個暫時的解決方案。
來自柯林斯例句
3. A constitutional amendment precludes any president from serving more than two terms.
一項憲法修正案使得任何總統(tǒng)的任職不得超過兩屆。
來自柯林斯例句
4. This does not justify the denial of constitutional protection.
這不能成為剝奪他人受憲法保護權(quán)利的正當理由。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Important questions of constitutional law were involved.