Consisting
“Consisting” 是 “consist” 的现在分词，几乎总是与 “of” 连用，表示某物由哪些部分或成分构成（consisting of three parts）。多用于说明性、书面描述。
- “The committee is consisting of experts from five countries.” (该委员会由来自五国的专家组成。)
- “A meal consisting of soup, salad, and fish was served.” (上了一顿由汤、沙拉和鱼组成的餐点。)
- “The portfolio is consisting mainly of tech stocks.” (该投资组合主要由科技股构成。)
“Consist” 来自拉丁语 “consistere”，由 “con-”（一起）和 “sistere”（站立）组成，意为“共同站在一起”，即构成整体。
前缀 “con-” 表示共同；词根 “sist” 与站立相关；“-ing” 为现在分词后缀。
技术文档和产品说明中 “a system consisting of…” 是标准句式；注意正式写作中更常说 “consists of” 而非进行时 “is consisting of”。
- 原形: consist
- 名词: consistency, constituent
- 固定搭配: “consisting of” (由……组成), “consist mainly of” (主要由……构成)
“con-” 一起站着 + “sist” 站立，各部分站在一起就是 consist；正在描述构成就是 consisting of。
“The training program, consisting of lectures and hands-on labs, ran for two intensive weeks.” (这个培训项目由讲座和实验课组成，为期紧张的两周。)