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committal

noun
🔊/kəˈmɪtl/
🔊/kəˈmɪtl/
 [uncountable] (specialist)
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  1. the official process of sending somebody to prison or to a mental hospital收监；拘押；送入（精神病院）
    • He was released on bail pending committal proceedings.他交保获释正在候审。🔊🔊
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCommittal is used before these nouns:
    • proceedings
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