committee
noun
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- /kəˈmɪtɪ/ treated as sing. or pl. a group of people appointed for a specific function by a larger group and typically consisting of members of that group委员会：
the housing committee
住房供给委员会
as modifier a committee meeting.委员会会议。
1.1
- (in the UK) a group of this kind appointed by Parliament to consider the details of proposed legislation（英国）国会立法研究委员会：
there was much scrutiny in committee.
国会立法研究委员会正在进行详细审查。
1.2
Committee of the whole House
(in the UK) the whole House of Commons when sitting as a committee（英国）下院全体委员会。
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2.1
- /ˌkɒmɪˈtiː/Law, Brit. a person entrusted with the charge of another person or another person's property【律】〈英〉受托人; 监护人。
2.2
- chiefly US a person who has been judicially committed to the charge of another because of insanity or mental retardation〈主美〉精神病者监护人。
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