| 单词 | commission |
| 释义 | Word Frequency commission(kəˈmɪʃən) noun 1. a duty or task committed to a person or group to perform 2. authority to undertake or perform certain duties or functions 3. a document granting such authority 4. military a. a document conferring a rank on an officer b. the rank or authority thereby granted 5. a group of people charged with certain duties a commission of inquiry 6. a government agency or board empowered to exercise administrative, judicial, or legislative authority See also Royal Commission 7. a. the authority given to a person or organization to act as an agent to a principal in commercial transactions b. the fee allotted to an agent for services rendered 8. the state of being charged with specific duties or responsibilities 9. the act of committing a sin, crime, etc 10. something, esp a sin, crime, etc, that is committed 11. good working condition or (esp of a ship) active service (esp in the phrases in or into commission, out of commission) 12. US the head of a department of municipal government verb 13. (transitive) to grant authority to; charge with a duty or task 14. (transitive) military to confer a rank on or authorize an action by 15. (transitive) to equip and test (a ship) for active service 16. to make or become operative or operable the plant is due to commission next year 17. (transitive) to place an order for (something) to commission a portrait Derived forms commissional (comˈmissional) or commissionary (comˈmissionary) adjective Word origin C14: from Old French, from Latin commissiō a bringing together, from committere to commit |
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