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commit/kəˈmit/v. tr. (committed, committing) 1 (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 to) entrust or consign for: a safe keeping 把…托付给…照管 I commit him to your care 我把他托付给你照管 b treatment, usu. destruction 把…交给…处理(通常指销毁) committed the book to the flames 把书付之一炬 2 perpetrate, do (esp. a crime, sin, or blunder) 犯(罪);做(错事、坏事、傻事) 3 pledge, involve, or bind (esp. oneself) to a certain course or policy 使(尤指自己)做出保证,承担义务 does not like committing herself 不愿意让自己作出保证; committed by the vow he had made 受他的誓言约束 4 (as 作 committed adj.) (often foll. by 常后跟 to)a morally dedicated or politically aligned (道德上)奉献的;(政治上)结盟的 a committed Christian 甘愿奉献的基督教徒; committed to the cause 献身于该事业; a committed socialist 结盟的社会主义者 b obliged (to take certain action) 保证承担义务的 felt committed to staying there 觉得有义务留在那里 5 Polit. refer (a bill etc.) to a committee 【政】把(议案等)提交(给委员会) □ commit to memory learn (a thing) so as to be able to recall it 把…记住,把…背熟 □ commit to prison consign officially to custody, esp. on remand 收审,下狱(尤指在押候审) □ committable adj.□ committer n.[Middle English from Latin committere ‘join, entrust’ (as COM-, mittere miss- ‘send’)] |