Commit
[kə'mɪt]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; 'After the second episode, she had to be committed'; 'he was committed to prison'.
(verb.) engage in or perform; 'practice safe sex'; 'commit a random act of kindness'.
杜安整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
(v. t.) To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
(v. t.) To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
(v. t.) To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.
(v. t.) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.
(v. t.) To confound.
(v. i.) To sin; esp., to be incontinent.
編輯:朗达
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Intrust, consign, confide, give in trust.[2]. Deposit, put, place, lay.[3]. Perpetrate, enact, do, perform.[4]. Imprison, send to prison.[5]. Engage, pledge, implicate.[6]. Compromit, endanger, bring into danger, put at hazard, put in jeopardy.
校對:莫利
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Perpetrate, execute, confide,[See DO], relegate, intrust, assign, allocate,consign
ANT:Miscommit, misconsign, misintrust, omit
丹尼斯編輯
解釋/意思:
v.t. to give in charge or trust: to consign: to do: to endanger: to involve: to pledge:—pr.p. commit′ting; pa.p. commit′ted.—ns. Commit′ment act of committing: an order for sending to prison: imprisonment; Commit′tal commitment: a pledge actual or implied; Commit′tee a portion generally consisting of not less than three members selected from a more numerous body to whom some special act to be performed or investigation to be made is committed; Commit′teeship.—Commit one's self to compromise one's self: to pledge one's self wittingly or unwittingly to a certain course; Commit to memory to learn by heart.
錄入:梅利特
例句/造句/用法:
- Thus they were willing to commit a sin against the spirit of religious law, in order that they might preserve the letter of it. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I will go to Hortense if you commit extravagances. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- And you needn't, says Mr. Bucket in a considerate and private voice, you needn't commit yourself to too low a figure, governor. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- However, if my own ignorance in sea affairs shall have led me to commit some mistakes, I alone am answerable for them. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- I shall not commit myself by claiming more than she may chuse to allow. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Commit suicide? 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- She promised to commit no extravagance, to be docile, and immediately to return. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Why, Mr. Holmes, the crime was only committed at three this morning. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- If he hasn't peached, and is committed, there's no fear till he comes out again,' said Mr. Sikes, 'and then he must be taken care on. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Permit me to give an idea of my devotion to my aunt's interests by recording that, on this occasion, I committed the prodigality of taking a cab. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Topsy had an uncommon verbal memory, and committed with a fluency that greatly encouraged her instructress. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Numerous offences had been committed in the neighbourhood; the perpetrators remained undiscovered, and their boldness increased. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- If I saved one blow, one cruel, angry action that might otherwise have been committed, I did a woman's work. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- I also felt that I had committed every crime in the Newgate Calendar. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Happily Rosamond did not think of committing any desperate act: she plaited her fair hair as beautifully as usual, and kept herself proudly calm. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Have I not carefully avoided exposing myself to the odium of committing unnecessary crime? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He'd set 'em at defiance if they talked of committing him, Sir. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- For mankind censure injustice, fearing that they may be the victims of it and not because they shrink from committing it. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- She is quite capable (according to my belief) of committing a daring fraud. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Marriage was not the committing of himself into a relationship with Gudrun. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- In originally committing himself to this line of investigation he was well aware that he was going in a direction diametrically opposite to that followed by previous investigators. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- But then, when the man commits burglary in order to break images which are not his own, that brings it away from the doctor and on to the policeman. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- I think that Dorothea commits a wrong action in marrying Ladislaw. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- There ain't a magistrate goin' as don't commit himself twice as he commits other people. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- If he abuses my confidence, he commits a dishonourable action, Mr. Copperfield. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Every medical man commits that act of treachery, Mr. Blake, in the course of his practice. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
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