单词 | oversight committee |
释义 | > as lemmasoversight committee oversight committee n. Politics (chiefly U.S.) a committee appointed to supervise or inspect government operations, esp. the spending of Federal funds; a committee with similar responsibilities in another country. ΚΠ 1976 Washington Post 19 Apr. a4/5 The back~room view in the White House is that there should be a single oversight committee on Capitol Hill to answer the clamor for corrective action. 1993 Economist (BNC) Though the Bundestag now has a European oversight committee, it is weakened by the jealousies of members of existing committees. 1994 Amer. Spectator Oct. 67/1 The sole incorruptible cog in the machinery of power, who slips out of gear and reveals to the good guys of a congressional oversight committee the hopeless corruption all around him. < as lemmas |
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