Committee
[kə'mɪtɪ] or [kə'mɪti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a special group delegated to consider some matter; 'a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours' - Milton Berle.
(noun.) a self-constituted organization to promote something.
整理:谢尔登--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together.
(v. t.) One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian.
校對:瓦珥
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Board.
艾弗里校對
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of a committee, foretells that you will be surprised into doing some distasteful work. For one to wait on you, foretells some unfruitful labor will be assigned you.
艾伯纳錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- It was hard, when Karkov spoke, to remember with what importance he, Andr?Marty, came from the Central Committee of the French Communist Party. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- There were bodies of constables with blue staves, twenty committee-men with blue scarfs, and a mob of voters with blue cockades. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- After much discussion they appointed a committee to call on Sir Humphrey Davy and ask him to investigate the possibilities for them. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- When a National Committee puts a megaphone to a man's mouth and tells him to yell, it is difficult for him to hear anything. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The ladies' committee-man, father, says Penelope. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- I think it was exhibited before a committee that had something to do with the Capitol. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- My dear Mrs Veneering, do let us resolve ourselves into a Committee of the whole House on the subject. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- He was permitted to set up his apparatus in the room of the House Committee on Commerce at the Capitol. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The Committee accordingly reported as follows:-- Sufficient evidence has been adduced to convince your Committee-- 1st. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Mr. Brooke re-entered the committee-room, saying, as carelessly as he could, This is a little too bad, you know. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It was as if a committee of jungle deer had taken and killed a tiger--a crime against nature. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Sir Leicester, in the library, has fallen asleep for the good of the country over the report of a Parliamentary committee. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Had we seen the last of his angelic smile in the committee-room? 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Ah, yes: one of your secret committee, said Mrs. Cadwallader, provokingly. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- And he and t' other committee-men laid their plans. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Now, I am Chairwoman of Committees! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Its members were classed in the following committees: 1. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- They threw themselves into committees in the most impassioned manner and collected subscriptions with a vehemence quite extraordinary. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Keep your noble sentiments for your Ladies' Committees, Godfrey. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- During the morning, meetings were held and all manner of committees set to work on the celebration ceremonies. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- In the various agitations of vigilance committees and alliances for the suppression of the traffic they profess to see continued a work which the abolitionists began. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
整理:罗伯塔