[N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词]委员会 A committee is a group of people who meet to make decisions or plans for a larger group or organization that they represent.
[usu with supp]
...a committee of ministers.
部长委员会
...an elected Management Committee who serve the Association on a voluntary basis.
通过选举产生、自愿为协会服务的管理委员会
...the Committee for Safety in Medicine...
医药安全委员会
My reasons were stated in writing and circulated to all committee members.
我提出的几个理由以书面形式呈现，在所有委员会成员中传阅。
Oxford
com·mit·tee★/kəˈmɪti; NAmEkəˈmɪti/noun[countable + singular or plural verb ]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◆She's on the management committee.她任管理委员会委员。◆The committee has/have decided to close the restaurant.委员会已决定关闭这家餐馆。◆a committee member/a member of the committee委员会的委员◆a committee meeting委员会的会议committeecommitteescom·mit·tee/kəˈmɪti; NAmEkəˈmɪti/
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committeecom‧mit‧tee /kəˈmɪti/ ●●●S3W1 noun
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[countable] a group of people chosen to do a particular job, make decisions etccommittee of the International Committee of the Red Crosscommittee on a ministerial committee on security affairson a committee He’s on the finance committee. a committee meetingGRAMMAR: Singular or plural verb?• Committee is usually followed by a singular verb: · The management committee meets regularly.• In British English, you can also use a plural verb: · The management committee meet regularly.Grammar guide ‒ NOUNSCOLLOCATIONSverbsa committee meets (=has a meeting)· The environmental health committee will meet again next Wednesday.be on a committee (=be a member of a committee)· I was on the parents' committee at my kids' school.serve/sit on a committee (=be a member of an important committee)· Our organization is always in need of volunteers to serve on the committee.chair a committee (=be the person in charge of a committee)· Professor Peacock was appointed to chair the committee.appoint/set up/form a committee· The council appointed a special committee to study the issue.join a committee· I was invited to join a committee to plan the summer carnival.leave a committee· After three years, she decided to leave the committee.stand down from a committee (=leave it)· Everyone was sorry when he stood down from the committee.committee + NOUNa committee meeting· There's a committee meeting once a month.a committee member· Four committee members did not attend the meeting.the committee chairman/chair· There will be a new committee chairman next year.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + committeea special committee· A special committee of scientists was set up to study the disease.an executive committee (=that manages an organization and makes decisions for it)· He sat on the firm's Executive Committee.an advisory committee· a government advisory committeea standing committee (=a permanent one)a joint committee (=involving two or more groups)a steering committee (=one that directs a particular activity)a select committee (=one of politicians and advisers who look at a particular subject)a management committee· The scheme will be overseen by a management committee.a government/departmental/ministerial committeea planning committee British English (=one that considers requests to build new buildings)· Several concerns were raised at the planning committee.the finance/education etc committee
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