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committee

noun
 
🔊/kəˈmɪti/
🔊/kəˈmɪti/
[countable + singular or plural verb]
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  1. a group of people who are chosen, usually by a larger group, to make decisions or to deal with a particular subject委员会
    • an executive/advisory/organizing committee执行/咨询/组织委员会
    • a parliamentary/congressional/Senate committee议会/国会/参议院委员会
    • The committee has/have decided to close the restaurant.委员会已决定关闭这家餐馆。
    • The committee unanimously approved the plan.委员会一致通过了计划。
    • to appoint/establish/form a committee任命/成立/组成委员会
    • to chair/head a committee主持/领导委员会
    • on a committee She's on the planning committee.她在计划委员会中。
    • He has served on numerous committees.他曾在多个委员会任职。
    • I have been invited to sit on the committee.我受邀参加委员会。
    • before a committee He will be called to give evidence before the committee.他将被要求在委员会面前提供证据。
    • in committee The bill was still in committee (= being considered by a committee) in early December.该法案在12月初仍在委员会审议中。
    • committee of somebody/something a committee of inquiry调查委员会
    • a committee of MPs/experts国会议员/专家委员会
    • committee to do something A special committee to investigate the possible impeachment of the governor meets later today.一个特别委员会今天晚些时候开会，调查对州长可能进行弹免的问题。
    • committee on something the US House of Representatives' committee on foreign affairs美国众议院外交事务委员会
    • a committee member/chairman委员会委员/主席
    • a committee meeting/report委员会会议/报告
    • the chairman/chair of a committee委员会主席/主席
    • a member/meeting of a committee委员会成员/会议
    see also conference committee, political action committee, select committee, selection committee, steering committee
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    • The player was fined by the disciplinary committee.该球员被纪律委员会罚款。
    • I talked to some of the people on the committee.我跟几位委员谈了话。
    • Lord Stansfield will chair the committee.斯坦斯菲尔德勋爵将出任该委员会主席。
    • Mr Taylor will chair the board's audit committee.泰勒先生将主持董事会的审计委员会。
    • She serves on several committees.她担任好几个委员会的委员。
    • The committee meets every Thursday.委员会每周四开会。
    • a committee of experts专家委员会
    • a committee on the safety of medicines医药安全委员会
    • Economic reform is likely to dominate today's meeting of the party's central committee.经济改革很可能在党中央今天的会议上占主导地位。
    Topics Working lifeb2, People in societyb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • central
    • joint
    • standing
    • …
    verb + committee
    • create
    • establish
    • form
    • …
    committee + verb
    • meet
    • approve
    • conclude
    • …
    committee + noun
    • member
    • chair
    • chairman
    • …
    preposition
    • on a/​the committee
    • committee on
    • committee of
    • …
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    Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the general sense ‘person to whom something has been entrusted’): from commit + -ee.