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.
权威例句
1. Ministers took the floor to denounce the decision to suspend constitutional rule.
几位部长发言谴责暂停宪制的决定。
2. It is only an Elastoplast solution to a far greater constitutional pro-blem.
对于一个非常严重的宪法问题来说,这只是个暂时的解决方案。
3. A constitutional amendment precludes any president from serving more than two terms.
一项宪法修正案使得任何总统的任职不得超过两届。
4. This does not justify the denial of constitutional protection.
这不能成为剥夺他人受宪法保护权利的正当理由。
5. Important questions of constitutional law were involved.