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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.
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[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

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[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。

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[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。

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[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

    Tags: 单词::2012, 单词::阅读词库

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