• vt. 构成；写作；使平静；排…的版
• vi. 组成；作曲；排字

com-, 强调。-pos, 放置，词源同opponent, position. 即放在一起的。

compose

compose: [15] Etymologically, compose means simply ‘put together’; it comes, via Old French composer, from compos-, the perfect stem of Latin compōnere, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘with’ and pōnere ‘place, put’, source of English position. Amongst its many descendants and derivatives are compound, component [17] (from the Latin present participle compōnent-), composite [16] (from the Latin past participle compositus), and compost [14] (which originally meant ‘stewed fruit’, like the later-borrowed compote [17]).
=> component, composite, compost, compote, compound, position

compose (v.)

c. 1400, compousen, from Old French composer "put together, arrange, write" a work (12c.), from com- "with" (see com-) + poser "to place," from Late Latin pausare "to cease, lay down" (see pause (n.)). Meaning influenced in Old French by componere (see composite; also see pose (v.)). Musical sense is from 1590s. Related: Composed; composing.

1. They must each compose a poem in strict alliterative metre.

他们必须每人作一首严格押头韵的诗。

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2. Protein molecules compose all the complex working parts of living cells.

活细胞中所有复杂的运行成分都由蛋白质分子构成。

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3. Most software programs allow you to compose emails offline.

大部分软件程序允许用户在脱机状态下写电子邮件。

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4. Cale also uses electronic keyboards to compose.

凯尔也用电子键盘谱曲。

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5. Ten men compose the committee.

委员会由十人组成。

来自《权威词典》