单词 | commit |
释义 | commit v.tr. (committed, committing)   1. (usu. foll. by to) entrust or consign for: a safe keeping (I commit him to your care). b treatment, usu. destruction (committed the book to the flames).   2. perpetrate, do (esp. a crime, sin, or blunder).   3. pledge, involve, or bind (esp. oneself) to a certain course or policy (does not like committing herself; committed by the vow he had made).   4. (as committed adj.) (often foll. by to) a morally dedicated or politically aligned (a committed Christian; committed to the cause; a committed socialist). b obliged (to take certain action) (felt committed to staying there).   5. Polit. refer (a bill etc.) to a committee. Phrases and idioms commit to memory memorize. commit to prison consign officially to custody, esp. on remand. Derivatives committable adj. committer n. Etymology: ME f. L committere join, entrust (as COM-, mittere miss- send) |
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