| 单词 | european commission |
| 释义 | > as lemmasEuropean Commission European Commission n. the executive body of the European Union and its predecessors (see sense A. 5b), based in Brussels, on which representatives of each of the member states sit.The European Commission was established in 1958 and was a direct development of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community, established in 1951.The collocation is found earlier referring to various commissions set up by European nations or to deal with European questions. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of body or spec. bodies > [noun] > commission > other types of commission conservacy1434 conservice1571 conservation1580 conservancy1618 Royal Commission1747 county commission1763 railroad commission1855 Audit Commission1866 European Commission1956 Countryside Commission1964 Truth and Reconciliation Commission1990 Truth Commission1991 1956 Times 28 Apr. 6/4 To ensure effective control of the system, a council of ministers will draft a joint economic policy. There will also be a European commission, with limited and precise powers. 1964 P.-H. Spaak in L. B. Krause Common Market iv. 173 The European Coal and Steel Community was formed, the Treaty of Rome was concluded and ratified, and the European Commission was set up. 1975 World Politics 27 498 An attempt by the European Commission to enforce a policy or program decided upon in typical ‘Brussels decision-making’ fashion. 2004 A. Smith Politics & European Comm. 1 The European Commission, with its reputation as a ‘bureaucrat's paradise’, has come to both fascinate and repulse a wide range of politicians, journalists and social scientists. < as lemmas |
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