committee
英[k?'m?t?]
美[k?'m?ti]
- n. 委員會
英文詞源
- committee
- committee: [15] Committee was formed from the verb commit by adding the suffix -ee. Following the pattern of all such formations, it originally meant ‘person to whom something is committed’; it was not until the 17th century that the sense ‘body of people delegated to perform a particular function’ developed.
- committee (n.)
- 1620s, from commit + -ee, or else a revival of Anglo-French commite, past participle of commettre "to commit," from Latin committere "to unite, connect" (see commit). Originally "person to whom something is committed" (late 15c.); from 17c. in reference to a body of such people.
雙語例句
- 1. This committee will enable decisions to be made democratically.
- 該委員會將實現民主決議過程。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He had been on the Nobel Prize committee's list of possibles.
- 他在諾貝爾委員會列出的獲獎候選者名單之列.
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Today its executive committee voted unanimously to reject the proposals.
- 今天執行委員會投票一致否決了這些提案。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The special cabinet committee comprises Mr Brown, Mr Mandelson, and Mr Straw.
- 特別內閣委員會包括布朗先生、曼德爾森先生和斯特勞先生。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He sits on the executive committee that manages Lloyds.
- 他是管理勞埃德保險公司的執行委員會成員。
來自柯林斯例句