committee
UK/kə'mɪtɪ/US/kә'miti/
NGSL 2kIELTSTOEFLA2
Definitions
n.
A group of people appointed to make decisions or carry out a task
委员会
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedcommittogether, with
+
-eesend, let go
=committee
commit + -ee (those entrusted) = "a group to whom something is committed." A committee is the body that a task has been entrusted to — keeping commit's "entrust" sense alive.
Common Collocations
- 1.steering committee指导委员会
- 2.join a committee加入委员会
- 3.committee meeting委员会会议
Example Sentences
- 1.
The committee meets every Tuesday afternoon.
- 2.
A special committee was formed to review the budget.