| 单词 | special committee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspecial committee special committee n. a committee set up to investigate a specific matter, usually having a limited number of members and established for a limited time period. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of body or spec. bodies > [noun] > committee > other types of committee committee1571 council of war1590 special committee1606 standing committeea1632 Committee of Safety1642 working party1744 finance committee1783 Board (also Court) of county commissioners1806 business committee1825 national committee1826 watch committee1835 working group1888 Central Committee1917 action committee1918 action group1927 ombuds-committee1964 PESC1969 1606 A. Maxey Churches Sleepe sig. C.3v Such hath beene his Maiesties Princely zeale that hee hath referred the care thereof to speciall Committies, that with all couenient speede, Wales, Ireland and the Northren borders, might be supplyed and planted with learned and religious Teachers. 1641 W. Hakewill Manner how Statutes Enacted in Parl. 7 Towards the end of the Parliament, when there remaineth many Bills in the house undispatched, there hath beene a speciall Committee appointed to take a survey of them. 1702 F. Atterbury Case Schedule Stated 95 He could not Name even a Special Committee of Select Persons in the Lower House, without the Consent and Approbation of the House it self. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xv. 491 In June 1689, a special committee was appointed to inquire into the miscarriages of the war in Ireland. 1929 Times 31 Oct. 14/4 In order to safeguard the home consumer against exploitation by the producers' ‘rings’, which the coal-marketing schemes will establish, the Government will set up in every district a special committee to keep a watch on prices. 2005 Daily Tel. 19 Jan. 29/4 Some of the restatements follow an investigation by a special committee into the management of the company. < as lemmas |
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