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单词 supercommittee
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supercommittee
supercommittee n.
Brit. /ˈsuːpəkəˌmɪti/
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/ˈsjuːpəkəˌmɪti/
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U.S. /ˈsupərkəˌmɪdi/
a committee responsible for coordinating or overseeing the activities of two or more subordinate committees or other bodies, and typically comprising members from those subordinate groups.
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1914 Amer. Reg. & Anglo-Colonial World 15 Feb. (London ed.) 8/3 I see before me visions of committees, super committees, and sub-committees, to deal with every conceivable detail.
1931 Amer. Mercury Jan. 95/2 The response to Washington's appeal was so excellent that it soon became necessary to establish special super-committees to bring order into the chaos of the innumerable committees.
1984 Times 15 June 2/2 Senior figures in both unions are understood to favour the establishment of a new ‘super committee’.
2011 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 16 Nov. 2 d The supercommittee asked for budget-cutting suggestions from several policy committees in the House and Senate as it undertook its goal of finding $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction.
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