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commitment n.委托事项,许诺,承担义务 Some commitments are large, like marriage. When you take a job, you're making a commitment to show up and do the job well, and your employer makes a commitment to pay you. There are smaller commitments too. If you said you'd meet a friend at six, that's a commitment — show up or your friend will be mad. You also can speak of commitment as a quality. Staying after school for a study group shows your commitment to good grades. ★★★★☆ 2012.2

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[kə'mitmənt] Making a commitment involves dedicating yourself to something, like a person or a cause. Before you make a commitment, think carefully. A commitment obligates you to do something. The company, a major energy supplier in New England, provoked justified outrage in Vermont last week when it announced it was reneging on a longstanding commitment to abide by the strict nuclear regulations. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]信奉；忠诚 Commitment is a strong belief in an idea or system.   [oft N to n]...commitment to the ideals of Bolshevism.对布尔什维克主义理想的信奉2[N-COUNT 可数名词]承诺；责任；义务 A commitment is something which regularly takes up some of your time because of an agreement you have made or because of responsibilities that you have. I've got a lot of commitments...我承担了很多责任。Work commitments forced her to uproot herself and her son from Reykjavik.她的工作迫使她和儿子从雷克雅未克搬走。3[N-COUNT 可数名词]承诺；许诺 If you make a commitment to do something, you promise that you will do it.   [usu N to-inf]  [FORMAL 正式]We made a commitment to keep working together...我们承诺继续合作。They made a commitment to peace.他们承诺要维护和平。4[N-VAR 可变名词]收监；送入医院 Commitment is the process of officially sending someone to a prison or to hospital.   [AM 美]in BRIT, use 英国英语用 committal

英语单词	commitment
英美音标	[kə'mitmənt]
中文释义	n.委托事项,许诺,承担义务
vocab简明	Making a commitment involves dedicating yourself to something, like a person or a cause. Before you make a commitment, think carefully. A commitment obligates you to do something.
vocab扩展	Some commitments are large, like marriage. When you take a job, you're making a commitment to show up and do the job well, and your employer makes a commitment to pay you. There are smaller commitments too. If you said you'd meet a friend at six, that's a commitment — show up or your friend will be mad. You also can speak of commitment as a quality. Staying after school for a study group shows your commitment to good grades.
真题原句	The company, a major energy supplier in New England, provoked justified outrage in Vermont last week when it announced it was reneging on a longstanding commitment to abide by the strict nuclear regulations.
柯林斯星级	★★★★☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]信奉；忠诚 Commitment is a strong belief in an idea or system. [oft N to n] ...commitment to the ideals of Bolshevism. 对布尔什维克主义理想的信奉 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]承诺；责任；义务 A commitment is something which regularly takes up some of your time because of an agreement you have made or because of responsibilities that you have. I've got a lot of commitments... 我承担了很多责任。 Work commitments forced her to uproot herself and her son from Reykjavik. 她的工作迫使她和儿子从雷克雅未克搬走。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]承诺；许诺 If you make a commitment to do something, you promise that you will do it. [usu N to-inf] [FORMAL 正式] We made a commitment to keep working together... 我们承诺继续合作。 They made a commitment to peace. 他们承诺要维护和平。 4 [N-VAR 可变名词]收监；送入医院 Commitment is the process of officially sending someone to a prison or to hospital. [AM 美] in BRIT, use 英国英语用 committal
来源	2012.2

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