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Committee Commit Originally 1433.Committee 英 Kə'Mɪtɪ]美 Kə'Mɪti 释义

正面 1433.committee
英 [kə'mɪtɪ]美 [kə'mɪti]

背面
释义:
n. 委员会
例句:
1. This committee will enable decisions to be made democratically.该委员会将实现民主决议过程。

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committeecommittee: [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."

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