1·It is always the basic material which constitutes the object and which, in the natural course of things, is worn down and becomes "older".
构成客体的总是基本物质，而在事物的自然过程中，这些基本物质被磨损，变得“陈旧”。
2·For most thinkers since the Greek philosophers, it was self-evident that there is something called human nature, something that constitutes the essence of man.
对于自希腊哲学家以来的大多数思想家来说，有一种叫做人性的东西是不言而喻的，它构成了人的本质。
3·There were various views about what constitutes it, but there was agreement that such an essence exists—that is to say, that there is something by virtue of which man is man.
关于它是由什么构成的，人们有各种不同的看法，但大家一致认为，有这样一种本质是存在的，也就是说，有一种东西可以作为人就是人的依据。
4·While young and old mostly agree on what constitutes the finish line of a fulfilling life, they offer strikingly different paths for reaching it.
尽管年轻人和老年人在“什么构成了成功人生的终点线”这一问题上基本达成了一致，但他们提出的到达终点线的路径截然不同。
5·What constitutes genes for each category?
每一种分别由什么构成基因？