arrangement, etc.承诺，保证（做某事、遵守协议或遵从
安排等 > :[VM] 77ie President is
.committed to re/orming health care•总*承诺要改革卫生保健制度。◊ Borrowers should think carefully
before committing themselves to taking out a kwi.借款人应当慎重考虑之后再行借贷。
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[VN to inf] Both sides committed themselves to settle the dispute peace扣Hy•欢方承诺和平解决争端。4 [VN] 〜yourself (to sth) to
give an opinion or make a decision openly so that it is then difficult to
change it /('公.开 地）表示意见，作出决定（以致日后难以更改）： don't have to commit your&elf nov^f
just think about it. 你不必现在表态，只需考虑•下这件事。一see also NON-COMMITTAL
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BE LOYAL 忠诚 5 [V] ~ (to sb/sth) to be completely loyal
to one person, organization, etc. or give all your time and effort to your
work, an activity, etc•忠于（某个 人、机构等〉；全心筌意投入
< 工作、活动等> :Why
are
so many men scared to
commit?
(=
say they will be loyal to one person)为什么有这么多的男人害怕许诺忠诚 于人？
一 see also committed
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MONEY/TIME 金钱；时间 6 [VN〗 to spend money or time on sth/sb 花（.钱或■间）：The council has committed Zarge amoums 〇/ money to hoasi/ig prefects•市政会在住
宅项.目上投入了大量资金。
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TO, HOSPITAL/PR丨SON 板院；监狱 7 [VN】 [often pass丨ve] ~ sb to sth to order sb to
be sent to a hospital, prison, etc.
(下令）把（某人）送进（医院或监狱等）：S/ie was committed to a
psychiatric ZiosjnYd.她被送进了 精神病
院。
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SB FOR TRIAL 某人受，审 8 [VN]
to send sb for trial in court
把（某人）送交法庭受审
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STH TO MEMORY 记往 9 [VN]〜sth to memory to leam sth
well enough to remember it exactly 把…幸好记牢： She committed the
/fismictiorw to memory.她把指令记得
很牢。
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STH TO PAPER/WRmNG 用纸记下：书写 10
[VN] ~ sth to paper/writing to write sth down 把….记（或写）下来
COm-ITlit-ITient
O-w /ka'mitmant/
noun
1
[C, U](to sb/sth) | - to do sth a promise to do sth or
to behave in a particular way; a promise to support sb/sth; the fact of
committing yourself 承诺；许%; ■允诺表担；保证：.She doesn’t want to mafce a
big emotional commitment to Steve at the
moment.
在此刻对史蒂夫在感情上作出重大的承诺。orhe companys commitment to
providing quality at a reason- aWe price Zias been WtoZ to 治 success..这家公司保证供货 质优价廉的承诺对它的成功起了决定性的作用。◊ the governments commitment
to public services 服务事业作'出'的承诺 2
[U] ~ (to sb/sth) the willingness to work hard and give your energy and time to
a job or an activity (对工作或某活动）献身，奉献，投入：A career as an actor requires
one hundred per cent commitment. 干演员这十行需要百分之S*的投入。3 [C] a thing that you have promised or agreed to do,
or that you have to do已承诺（或同意）的事;不得不做的事：ffe’s bu^y/or the next month with
filming commitments.
已经承诺的IF个月拍i影的事。◊ Women very c^en have to juggle work with
their family commitments. ^
得两头兼顾，既要工作又要照管家庭。4 [U,C]〜(of sth) (to sth) agreeing
to use money, time or people in order to achieve sth (资金、时间、人力的）花费，使用：the
commitment
〇/resources
to education 对滅育的资源投入 〇 Achieving
success at this level requires a commitment of rime and energy.取得这种水平的成就需要花费时间和
精力。
com.mit.tal /ka'mitl/ 山】（tedw/’a?厂术语）the official
process of sending sb to prison or to a mental hospital收监；拘押：瘥入（精,神病院He was released on bail
pending committal proceedings.
获释正$候审。 -
com-mit-ted /ka'mitid/ adj. {approving) willing to work hard and
give your time and energy to sth; believing strongly in sth尽心尽力的；坚信的；坚定的：a
committed member 〇/the
team 忠于职守的队员◊ TTiey
are committed socialists.他们是坚定的社■主义者。 FTJi3 UNCOMMITTED
com-mittee On* /ka'miti/ noun [C+sihg./pl. v.] a
group of people who are chosen, usually by a larger group, to make decisions or
to deal with a particular subject 委员会：Shefs on
the management committee. 她管理—员 4委员。◊ The committee hds/7mve decided to dose the
restaurant•委员会已决定关闭这家餐馆。◊ a committee member/a member 〇/ the
committee 委员会 的委员◊ a committee
meeting委点会的会议 corn-mode /ka'maud; AMmf ka'moud/ noun 1 a
piece of furniture that looks like a chair but has a toilet under the se^t 座椅式便桶 2
a piece of furniture，especially an old or antique one, with drawers for storing things in (尤指旧$或古董）有抽屉的柜橱3五斗橱 com-modi-ous /ka'msudies; NAmE -'mou-/ adj. {formal) having a lot of space 宽敞的
com-mod-ity /ka'mDdati;
NAmE -'ma:d-/ noun {pi -ies) 1 {economics M) a product or a raw
material that can be bought and sold 商品：rice, flour and other basic commodities稻米、®私和其他基本商品◊
g
drop in commod办 prices 商.品.必•格如下跌◊ Crude is t/ie
workTs most important commodity.原油是世界上最重要
的.商品。^ note at product 2 a
thing that is useful or has a useful quality有用的东西；有使用价值的箏物：
Water
is a jprerioiis commodify that is taken /or granted in the 水很宝贵，怛在西方人们往往意识不
到这一点。
com<-mo-dore /'kDm8do:(r); NAmE 'ka:m-/ noun [abbr. Cd re) an officer of high rank
in the navy 海军准，将：
Commodore
John Barry约翰•巴里海军准将
COm-ITIOn
/'kDman;
NAmE 'karmen/ adj., noun madj. (com*mon-er,
com-mon-est) isiau More common and most common are more frequent. * more common 和 most common 更为常见.。1 happening often; existing in large numbers or in
many places 常见的；通常的； 普遍的：Jac/cson is a,common name.杰★逊是
常见的英语人名。◊ Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among
women in this country.
这个国家妇女中最常见的一种癌症。◊ Some birds w/iic/i were once a common
sight are now becoming rare. ^ ^ 曾经随处可见的鸟类现在日益稀少。◊ a common speHi’ng mistake 常犯的拼写错误 EGH uncommon 2 [usually
before
noun]（to sb/sth) shared by or belonging to two or
more people or by the people in a group.共有的；共 ¥司白勺：They share a common
interest in photog- raphy.楠们诠摄影方面兴趣相投。◊
basic/eatur&sjvhfch are common to human icmguages所有人类语言共有
的基本特征◊ VKe are working
together /or a common pu/pose.我们在为一个共同的目标一起工择。◊ common ownership. 〇/the
iand 土地的共同所有权◊ TTiis decisi'on was
taken for the common good (= the advantage of
everyone).作出这个决定是为了共_的利益。◊ /t is, by common consent,
3 [only before noun] ordinary; not unusual or special 普ii的；平常的；寻常的；平A的：the common garden 介园地里畲见的青通◊ Shakespeare’s vvorfc was popuZar among the
common people in his day.莎士比亚的作品 在他那个年代很受平民音姓的欢迎。◊ i>i most纟ec^Ze’s eyes she was nothing
more than a common criminal. 在多数人的眼里她只不过是个普通的菲犯。◊ Fbu’d think
he'd
have the common courtesy to apologize (= this would be the
polite behaviour that people would expect).你还以为他会懂得起码的礼貌去道个歉呢。oJt’s only common decency to
let her know what's happening (=people would expect
it)•出于礼貌，该让她知道正在
发生的事。4
(Brf,
fZ/sapprav/ng) typical.of sb from a low social class and not having good
manners 粗俗的；庸俗 的：She thought he was
very common and imeducated. 施认为他很粗俗且无教养。IM common or garden
(Srf)
(AMmf 'garden-variety) (/n/b/TTia/)
ordinary; with no special features普通的；半•常的；一般如the .common 'touch the
ability of a powerful or famous person to talk to and understand ordinary
people (有权势者或名人的）平易近人的品质make common 'cause with sb {format) to be united with sb
about sth that you both agree on, believe in or wish to achieve 与某人联合起来，与某人合作(以达到共同的目的0 —more at knowledge