Definition of commit in English:

commit

verbcommitted, commits, committing kəˈmɪtkəˈmɪt

[with object]

1Perpetrate or carry out (a mistake, crime, or immoral act)
犯（错，罪）；干（坏事）
he committed an uncharacteristic error
他犯了个普通的错误。
Example sentencesExamples
- There is no evidence anyone intended to commit a crime or engage in wrongdoing.
- The question remains as to why these gruesome war crimes and massacres were committed against the civil population?
- I'm grateful it has taught me not to commit such immoral acts.
- They will commit immoral acts for their organisations they might not consider committing for themselves.
- More criminals than ever before are carrying weapons to commit crimes.
- Yobs committing criminal acts or anti-social behaviour can be banned for up to a year and will have their photographs circulated to all members in the scheme.
- This punishment ensures that a criminal pays for his crime, stops that criminal from committing any other crimes and thus protects innocent victims.
- He said police wanted to encourage people not to take the law into their own hands when a crime was committed, but to hand the perpetrators over to the authorities.
- Peers have also been proven to have an effect on students who commit violent acts on school grounds.
- He was subsequently charged for willfully committing an indecent act in a public place, which carried a sentence of four months in jail.
- I am afraid I simply cannot do this in the knowledge that they are likely to be committing acts which will breach international law.
- In the end, he confessed to actually committing a crime.
- I had committed neither crimes nor acts of civil disobedience.
- John glared at Nigel as if he'd committed some heinous act or crime against him.
- At present, officers can generally arrest people if they suspect them of committing an offence which carries at least five years in prison.
- Thirdly, the accused is present when the crime is committed by the perpetrator.
- He faces charges of attempted murder and aiding the enemy and conspiracy to commit war crimes.
- Based on these charges, state prosecutors intend to prove the defendant committed acts of criminal fraud, conspiracy, and deception.
- Our law allows for a person to be prosecuted for carrying out torture, even if the crime was committed abroad.
- On each occasion, magistrates had warned him that he could be resentenced for his crimes if he committed another offence within a year.
Synonyms
carry out, do, perform, perpetrate, engage in, enact, execute, effect, accomplish
be responsible for, be to blame for, be guilty of
informal pull off
rare effectuate
2Pledge or bind (a person or an organization) to a certain course or policy.
使（人，组织）作出保证；使承担义务；约束
they were reluctant to commit themselves to an opinion
他们不愿意发表意见。
with object and infinitive the treaty commits each party to defend the other
这项条约要求双方承担相互保护的义务。
no object try it out before you commit to a purchase
在你购买之前先试一下。
Example sentencesExamples
- We are committed to our organization, to our profession, and to our patients.
- And of course, he is absolutely committed to doing everything he can to get the message out as to why Al and Joe would be so good for the country.
- And of course, we're committed to helping them as much as we can.
- We are committed to increasing the membership, morale, organisation and fighting strength of the union movement.
- Now she's committed to change people's lives through information and communication technology.
- We are committed to working for people to have more local control over the economic decisions that affect their lives.
- I think people are really committed to participating this time.
- ‘In my day we were committed, dedicated and professional,’ he said.
- While she is yet to define her role with the organisation, she is committed enough to take the first step.
- I am personally committed to working toward the establishment of these centers.
- We are committed to international cooperation rather than unilateral policies.
- The new constitution commits the Member States to a common defence and security policy.
- We are committed to helping more people get the skills and confidence they need to start their own business.
- The likelihood of success is so great because you can pick an event you are personally committed to, like my lifelong goal of swimming a mile.
- They should be people committed to the local Christian community.
- Whether it is running a company, running a mile or organising a dinner party, he is equally committed to perfection.
- There is also a real recognition that developed nations, committing funds to assist developing ones, need re-assurance that the cash will be well and effectively spent.
- And don't forget, the power of networks is in how many people are on them, and how committed those people are.
- I am personally committed to the route of dialogue and debate instead of boycotts.
- While most healthcare workers were committed and dedicated to their profession, some still used lack of resources as an excuse to let standards slip.
- Though people are already committed to other fundraising projects, she encourages everyone to work together to raise the money by September next year.
Synonyms
pledge, devote, apply, give, dedicate, bind, obligate
1. 2.1be committed to Be dedicated to (something)
  献身；投入
  we are committed to the fundamental principles of democracy
  Example sentencesExamples
  At the same time, international central bankers recognized the benefits of, and were committed to, a balanced global system.
  Young calls the pair ‘good Samaritans’ and ‘legitimate caregivers, people who were committed to helping those in need.’
  I will consider my life goals and how compatible the other person is, before committing my life to marriage.
  I believe in - and I am committed to - the strong presence in Canada that our six teams give us.
  The Government is committed to encouraging modern businesses which develop and build on the strengths and commitment of their workforce.
  She's a really good actress and she commits herself to whatever she's doing, so the relationship with her was easy.
  We identified 15 players who were committed to the cause and they have come up trumps.
  Mr Reilly was happy with the results of a recent survey carried out by the council, which showed that approximately 80 per cent of residents in the area were committed to the recycling process.
  You need proper evidence that this company really is committed to family-friendly working.
  I mean if you figure somebody's likely to find a job they like and can really enjoy and be committed to it, if they take the time to find that job, to find something they really like, that's a good thing.
  If academic staff are to be committed to - and enthusiastic about - new forms of teaching, they need to have prepared and devised
  She said they considered racial abuse as a hate crime and were committed to combating all acts of racism.
  At the end of the day, this is what our society should be committed to.
  That is not consistent with the agreement which says that everybody has to be committed to exclusively peaceful means.
  It is committed to the vision to which he dedicated his life.
  He said: ‘The players worked ever so hard, showed a good attitude and were committed to the cause.’
  At her new job, Pully found a well-run school and a dedicated staff that was committed to teaching students well.
  He said local people, mostly Hindu adherents, were committed to adopting a peaceful approach to deal with the blasts despite the fact that the tragedy had seriously affected tourism, which most local people rely on for a livelihood.
  Flinn has always been committed to what he's doing.
  All of them were committed to the languages their people spoke, and often used many tongues.
  Synonyms
  devout, devoted, loyal, dedicated, faithful, staunch, firm, steadfast, resolute, unwavering, sincere, wholehearted, keen, earnest, enthusiastic, zealous, passionate, ardent, fervent, motivated, driven, active, sworn, pledged
  dutiful, hard-working, diligent, studious, assiduous
  French engagé
  informal card-carrying, red-hot, true blue, mad keen, deep-dyed
2. 2.2 Pledge or set aside (resources) for future use.
  拨出；把…留作将来用
  manufacturers will have to commit substantial funds to developing new engines
  制造商将不得不拨出大笔资金开发新型引擎。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Thank you so very much for committing their future into more capable hands.
  Surely it is important to find out how the thing is going to be used before committing a lot of resources to a specific plan or design.
  But, welcome though the decision to keep it open is, ministers have not made it more affordable or committed the extra resources required by their decision.
  But he said they would examine it closely before committing their resources, which are increasingly in demand, to any investigation.
  Top leadership must desire the change enough to commit time, resources, and energy.
  That said, the response of media and government has been mixed and the resources being committed by both is rising by the day as the scale of the disaster becomes apparent.
  Companies are committing their financial resources to the marketing of existing products rather than the development of new ones.
  We have committed the additional resources he has requested so that he can do that urgently.
  For over two years, it has committed time and resources to educate women about health, nutrition and fitness.
  Why not give the idea a fighting chance by committing whatever resources are necessary to improve the promising technology?
  But the government has said nothing about committing additional funds or resources to the monitoring of their drinking water.
  It also provides the company with the opportunity to test foreign markets for its product without committing much of its resources in doing so.
  Because he knows that this Government will not commit the resources that the police need.
  We must commit enough planning and resources to protect and enhance our access to, and use of, space.
  We committed years and resources to this cause.
  And while Japan's financial contribution was never in doubt, there have been major question marks over Tokyo committing troops.
  He called on more charities to champion the rights and opportunities of older people, though he fell short of committing a future government to play a role.
  Maybe you own too much of one company's stock, loaded up on too much real estate or committed all of your resources to running your own business.
  He said the city will commit resources towards eradicating these maladies.
  It's good that we're committing new resources as of today.
  Synonyms
  allocate, assign, allot, give, give over, afford, apportion, surrender, consign, sacrifice, pledge, dedicate, consecrate
3. 2.3commit oneself to Resolve to remain in a long-term emotional relationship with (someone)
  订婚；决定与（某人）保持长期感情
  she didn't love him enough to commit herself to him
  她还没爱他到足以托付终身的地步。
  no object once I commit I tend to get scared
  Example sentencesExamples
  How can someone walk out of a seven-year relationship and commit himself to another so soon?
  Part of love, part of committing yourself to a relationship, is the voluntary surrender of part of your emotions.
  But whatever it is, I'm proud of my decision and proud of finally being able to commit myself to something long term.
  If there was the remotest chance that James was attracted to him too, could he commit himself to a relationship?
  Gere's character finds it difficult at first to commit himself to the relationship, but after first betraying and walking out on the young woman, throws himself into the affair and does everything in his power to save her life.
4. 2.4be committed to Be in a long-term emotional relationship with (someone)
  订婚；决定与（某人）保持长期感情
  she loved a man who was committed to another woman
  Example sentencesExamples
  I think it may have been the case that Mr Smith was committed to the claimant and wanted to live with her but I am not satisfied that this wish was reciprocated by Miss King.
  For Dante, it ended with the realization that he was too committed to it to be committed to a woman.
  I would do anything to change this situation because I am committed to you and to our relationship and because I love you so much.
3commit something toTransfer something to (a state or place where it can be kept or preserved)
把（某事物）移交（给…保管）；转化成（某一状态）
he composed a letter but didn't commit it to paper
他构思了一封信，但没有写下来。
she committed each tiny feature to memory
她把每个细小的特征都记住了。
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Publish and be damned’ is a phrase that some of us are familiar with and this very potential damnation stops many from committing their ideas to paper.
- For a fortnight, toddlers at St Andrew's had been busy committing rhymes to memory in preparation for their big performance.
- Honesty, Amos says, is one of the advantages of committing her autobiography to CD rather than to paper.
- The entire secondary school system is based on students committing answers to memory and reproducing them in the finals.
- Odds are they have committed it to paper or canvas.
- The physical process of committing these ideas to some form of permanent record relies on the ability to capture that image, to write the words, to read music, to handle the paintbrush in the desired way.
- If you saw this film, you're probably still squeamish about committing family activities to video tape.
- I hesitated before committing those words to pixels, because I knew what the response would be - universal condemnation.
- He lay on the grass and stroked it as if committing its texture to memory.
- The ability to complete the circuit from reading to published opinion in just a few clicks allows, and almost demands that we forego a space of time to step back and reflect and discuss before committing our reactions to words.
- Unfortunately I was in Anglesey with no means of committing my thoughts to anything permanent, and now, after a four and a half hour drive back two hours of which were spent on the M6, my brain isn't functioning at it's usual level.
- To be honest, I'm incredibly lucky that I grew up a decade before teenagers started committing their rantings to the Internet.
1. 3.1 Consign (someone) officially to prison, especially on remand.
  把（某人）押交（尤指还押）；监禁
  he was committed to prison for contempt of court
  他因蔑视法庭而被关进了监狱。
  Example sentencesExamples
  If, however, the fugitive is committed to prison, the Act contemplates that he may seek to challenge that warrant by habeas corpus proceedings.
  That is to say a man would be committed to prison until such time as he purged his contempt by complying with the order.
  There is, however, no power to commit a defaulter to prison.
  Adela accuses him of insulting her in the Caves, he is committed to prison and stands trial.
  A third of prison entrants were committed to prison for the first time.
  To enforce the undertaking Naomi must apply for an order committing Mark to prison for breach.
  Do you know that for a refusal to answer questions I can commit you to prison for contempt?
  The judge may at any time revoke an order committing a person to prison under this section and, if he is already in custody, order his discharge.
  I certainly would not concede that the Order upon which, for the many proven breaches of it, you were committed to prison, was unlawful.
  Unless the court makes such a grant, the appeal process is exhausted with the result that, in cases such as the present, there is a final order committing the applicant to prison.
  She refused to consent to being bound over and the justices committed her to prison pursuant to section 115 of the 1980 Act.
  In my judgment neither the conclusion that the court was vested with jurisdiction to commit him to prison for contempt, nor the decision to exercise the power in the particular circumstances of the case are open to criticism.
  It is a matter of great regret to me as well as to the Deputies that five persons have been committed to prison by the High Court.
  But, generally speaking, once people are committed to prison they are in the hands of the Executive Government.
  They have resulted in a final order committing the applicant to prison.
  On 2 September 1997 he applied for an order to commit Mr Rabinowicz to prison for ‘perjury, and misleading the court’.
  Synonyms
  consign, assign, send, deliver, confine
2. 3.2 Send (a person or case) for trial in a higher court.
  把（人，案件）交付审判；收押候审
  the magistrate decided to commit him for trial
  地方法官决定把他交付审判。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Is there arguably a Parliamentary scheme that you get the diversionary system in the Magistrate's Court and you do not get it if you are committed to the District Court?
  He has a previous conviction for grievous bodily harm in 1999, and admitted assaulting her causing actual bodily harm, but the magistrates decided to commit him to Swindon Crown Court for sentencing.
  The bench found the prosecution case proved and committed him to the crown court for sentencing.
  After a magistrate committed him to trial, the office of the Director for Public Prosecutions, or DPP in Queensland, decided not to proceed with the cases.
  The preliminary inquiry judge exceeded her jurisdiction in committing him to trial for the more serious charge.
  Magistrates decided their powers of sentence were insufficient to deal with the man and committed him to Hull Crown Court for sentence.
  He admitted the offences in November when he appeared before magistrates in Selby, who committed him to York Crown Court yesterday for sentence.
  He was committed to stand trial for the attempted murder of his wife, but he took his own life six days ago.
  She had admitted the remaining charges at York Magistrates' Court, which committed her to the Crown Court for sentence.
  Following the preliminary inquiry, he was committed to trial.
  The magistrates committed her to Preston Crown Court for sentence after ruling their powers of punishment were insufficient.
  He will continue to hear evidence on their behalf next week before deciding whether to commit them to stand trial.
  Even so there seemed to be enough evidence to commit him to stand trial at Port Augusta.
  The head magistrate said the court had insufficient powers to deal with the case, and he was committed to Swindon Crown Court for sentencing.
  If one considers the last situation, the magistrates' court which committed a defendant will not have made any order as to costs.
  Earlier this week, the magistrates committed Murdoch to stand trial saying he had a case to answer on all three charges.
  He has been committed to stand trial over the alleged murder of a British backpacker.
  He admitted all the charges and district judge Simon Cooper committed him to the Crown Court for sentencing, warning that all options, including custody, were open.
  She pleaded guilty to the offences at Dewsbury Magistrates Court on October 22 when she was committed to the Crown Court for sentencing.
  Magistrates had committed her to Preston Crown Court for sentence.
3. 3.3 Send (someone) to be confined in a psychiatric hospital.
  把（某人）关进精神病院
  you guys would have had me committed
  Example sentencesExamples
  And unless someone is committed to a psychiatric facility as mentally ill, adults in this country have the right to refuse mental health services.
  Gray agreed to follow a three-year psychiatric community rehabilitation order committing him to constant appraisal, as well as treatment to raise his self-esteem.
  The Tribunal heard Marie was so concerned about him, she had him arrested under the Mental Treatment Act and considered committing him to a psychiatric hospital against his will.
  Those events led authorities to commit Wolfli to the Waldau Psychiatric Clinic near Bern in 1895, where he was diagnosed as schizophrenic and remained in residence until his death 35 years later.
  We now believe he has been committed to that psychiatric unit.
  With respect to an appropriate program to help him with his very severe problems, the Society could have brought application to the court for an order committing him to a secure treatment centre.
  Louisiana, a defendant had been committed to a state mental hospital after a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.
  Her family had tried repeatedly to get her into treatment, but she had refused to go, and California had no law that would enable them to commit her to a hospital against her will.
  He dotes on her and refuses to believe that she is ill until her parents commit her to the hospital.
  But the voices continued to bedevil her, and later that year she was committed to Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina.
  A vagrant who lived rough for a time in Stromness was committed to a psychiatric hospital on Friday, after a sheriff in Wick rejected a plea to grant the man the freedom to return to his nomadic lifestyle in Orkney.
  The year after his father's death in 1856 he was committed to the Maine Insane Hospital, where he died many years later.
  Psychiatric nurses often have to escort patients whose families are committing them to hospital against their will.
  Last week, the judge at his trial committed him to the State mental hospital and said stringent criteria should be imposed on his release.
  But she recalls the day her family made the difficult decision to commit her to a psychiatric ward.
  And what if she had been committed to a mental hospital for the rest of her life?
  A few years ago, she was committed to a mental hospital after a few failed suicide attempts.
  This was his last public appearance before he was committed to a psychiatric hospital on Sunday.
  At least 18 people were wrongly committed by Highland doctors, according to a whistle-blower who claims she has since been forced out of her job as a medical records officer.
  A woman named Slava Denisov was committed to a psychiatric hospital for collecting signatures on a petition against the war.
  When he engaged in a hunger strike, the authorities committed him to a hospital where he was force fed, involuntarily sedated, handcuffed and sometimes strapped to his bed for long periods.
  The therapist and his supervisor decided to commit Poddar to hospital and called the police to help.
  Synonyms
  hospitalize, confine, institutionalize, put away, lock away, lock up
  certify
4. 3.4 Refer (a parliamentary or legislative bill) to a committee.
  把（议案，法案）提交委员会
  Example sentencesExamples
  I intend to speak to a proposed motion to amend the resolution to commit the bill to select committee.
  I commit the bill to the select committee for consideration.
  I happily commit this bill to the select committee.

Derivatives

committable

adjective

If I'm to be considered the Bad Girl, out of control, committable, I plan to teach the world exactly what these labels mean.
Example sentencesExamples
- Although I think he is a danger to others, especially Lenore, I can't honestly say either that the danger is imminent or that I think he is committable.

committer

noun

Projects highly centralized on this measure would have a small core of regular code committers, whereas more decentralized projects would have code written by a greater proportion of individuals involved in the project.
Example sentencesExamples
- Although most committers of incest were sentenced to banishment for life, it is not surprising that magistrates were not entirely consistent in imposing punishments.
- For the first solution the government could undertake a list of crimes the committer should be killed for.
- She glanced around quickly, and then looked to the the suspected committer of criminal and perverse acts, barely meeting his eyes before her own shifted over to the door.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin committere 'join, entrust' (in medieval Latin 'put into custody'), from com- 'with' + mittere 'put or send'.

Rhymes

acquit, admit, backlit, bedsit, befit, bit, Brit, Britt, chit, demit, dit, emit, fit, flit, frit, git, grit, hit, intermit, it, kit, knit, legit, lickety-split, lit, manumit, mishit, mitt, nit, omit, outsit, outwit, permit, pit, Pitt, pretermit, quit, remit, retrofit, sit, skit, slit, snit, spit, split, sprit, squit, submit, transmit, twit, whit, wit, writ, zit

Definition of commit in US English:

commit

verbkəˈmɪtkəˈmit

[with object]

1Carry out or perpetrate (a mistake, crime, or immoral act)
犯（错，罪）；干（坏事）
he committed an uncharacteristic error
他犯了个普通的错误。
Example sentencesExamples
- On each occasion, magistrates had warned him that he could be resentenced for his crimes if he committed another offence within a year.
- In the end, he confessed to actually committing a crime.
- Our law allows for a person to be prosecuted for carrying out torture, even if the crime was committed abroad.
- I am afraid I simply cannot do this in the knowledge that they are likely to be committing acts which will breach international law.
- More criminals than ever before are carrying weapons to commit crimes.
- The question remains as to why these gruesome war crimes and massacres were committed against the civil population?
- Peers have also been proven to have an effect on students who commit violent acts on school grounds.
- Yobs committing criminal acts or anti-social behaviour can be banned for up to a year and will have their photographs circulated to all members in the scheme.
- There is no evidence anyone intended to commit a crime or engage in wrongdoing.
- At present, officers can generally arrest people if they suspect them of committing an offence which carries at least five years in prison.
- I had committed neither crimes nor acts of civil disobedience.
- He faces charges of attempted murder and aiding the enemy and conspiracy to commit war crimes.
- I'm grateful it has taught me not to commit such immoral acts.
- They will commit immoral acts for their organisations they might not consider committing for themselves.
- This punishment ensures that a criminal pays for his crime, stops that criminal from committing any other crimes and thus protects innocent victims.
- John glared at Nigel as if he'd committed some heinous act or crime against him.
- Thirdly, the accused is present when the crime is committed by the perpetrator.
- He was subsequently charged for willfully committing an indecent act in a public place, which carried a sentence of four months in jail.
- He said police wanted to encourage people not to take the law into their own hands when a crime was committed, but to hand the perpetrators over to the authorities.
- Based on these charges, state prosecutors intend to prove the defendant committed acts of criminal fraud, conspiracy, and deception.
Synonyms
carry out, do, perform, perpetrate, engage in, enact, execute, effect, accomplish
2Pledge or bind (a person or an organization) to a certain course or policy.
使（人，组织）作出保证；使承担义务；约束
they were reluctant to commit themselves to an opinion
他们不愿意发表意见。
the treaty commits each party to defend the other
这项条约要求双方承担相互保护的义务。
try it out before you commit to a purchase
在你购买之前先试一下。
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘In my day we were committed, dedicated and professional,’ he said.
- I think people are really committed to participating this time.
- We are committed to international cooperation rather than unilateral policies.
- I am personally committed to the route of dialogue and debate instead of boycotts.
- We are committed to increasing the membership, morale, organisation and fighting strength of the union movement.
- And of course, he is absolutely committed to doing everything he can to get the message out as to why Al and Joe would be so good for the country.
- While most healthcare workers were committed and dedicated to their profession, some still used lack of resources as an excuse to let standards slip.
- I am personally committed to working toward the establishment of these centers.
- Now she's committed to change people's lives through information and communication technology.
- Whether it is running a company, running a mile or organising a dinner party, he is equally committed to perfection.
- Though people are already committed to other fundraising projects, she encourages everyone to work together to raise the money by September next year.
- We are committed to our organization, to our profession, and to our patients.
- We are committed to helping more people get the skills and confidence they need to start their own business.
- While she is yet to define her role with the organisation, she is committed enough to take the first step.
- They should be people committed to the local Christian community.
- The new constitution commits the Member States to a common defence and security policy.
- The likelihood of success is so great because you can pick an event you are personally committed to, like my lifelong goal of swimming a mile.
- There is also a real recognition that developed nations, committing funds to assist developing ones, need re-assurance that the cash will be well and effectively spent.
- And of course, we're committed to helping them as much as we can.
- We are committed to working for people to have more local control over the economic decisions that affect their lives.
- And don't forget, the power of networks is in how many people are on them, and how committed those people are.
Synonyms
pledge, devote, apply, give, dedicate, bind, obligate
1. 2.1be committed to Be dedicated to (something)
  献身；投入
  we must be committed to peace
  Example sentencesExamples
  He said: ‘The players worked ever so hard, showed a good attitude and were committed to the cause.’
  I believe in - and I am committed to - the strong presence in Canada that our six teams give us.
  She said they considered racial abuse as a hate crime and were committed to combating all acts of racism.
  I will consider my life goals and how compatible the other person is, before committing my life to marriage.
  She's a really good actress and she commits herself to whatever she's doing, so the relationship with her was easy.
  That is not consistent with the agreement which says that everybody has to be committed to exclusively peaceful means.
  If academic staff are to be committed to - and enthusiastic about - new forms of teaching, they need to have prepared and devised
  He said local people, mostly Hindu adherents, were committed to adopting a peaceful approach to deal with the blasts despite the fact that the tragedy had seriously affected tourism, which most local people rely on for a livelihood.
  All of them were committed to the languages their people spoke, and often used many tongues.
  At the same time, international central bankers recognized the benefits of, and were committed to, a balanced global system.
  You need proper evidence that this company really is committed to family-friendly working.
  It is committed to the vision to which he dedicated his life.
  Flinn has always been committed to what he's doing.
  Mr Reilly was happy with the results of a recent survey carried out by the council, which showed that approximately 80 per cent of residents in the area were committed to the recycling process.
  The Government is committed to encouraging modern businesses which develop and build on the strengths and commitment of their workforce.
  We identified 15 players who were committed to the cause and they have come up trumps.
  I mean if you figure somebody's likely to find a job they like and can really enjoy and be committed to it, if they take the time to find that job, to find something they really like, that's a good thing.
  Young calls the pair ‘good Samaritans’ and ‘legitimate caregivers, people who were committed to helping those in need.’
  At the end of the day, this is what our society should be committed to.
  At her new job, Pully found a well-run school and a dedicated staff that was committed to teaching students well.
  Synonyms
  devout, devoted, loyal, dedicated, faithful, staunch, firm, steadfast, resolute, unwavering, sincere, wholehearted, keen, earnest, enthusiastic, zealous, passionate, ardent, fervent, motivated, driven, active, sworn, pledged
2. 2.2 Pledge or set aside (resources) for future use.
  拨出；把…留作将来用
  manufacturers will have to commit substantial funds to developing new engines
  制造商将不得不拨出大笔资金开发新型引擎。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Companies are committing their financial resources to the marketing of existing products rather than the development of new ones.
  Maybe you own too much of one company's stock, loaded up on too much real estate or committed all of your resources to running your own business.
  Top leadership must desire the change enough to commit time, resources, and energy.
  It also provides the company with the opportunity to test foreign markets for its product without committing much of its resources in doing so.
  We have committed the additional resources he has requested so that he can do that urgently.
  Thank you so very much for committing their future into more capable hands.
  He said the city will commit resources towards eradicating these maladies.
  But the government has said nothing about committing additional funds or resources to the monitoring of their drinking water.
  And while Japan's financial contribution was never in doubt, there have been major question marks over Tokyo committing troops.
  Surely it is important to find out how the thing is going to be used before committing a lot of resources to a specific plan or design.
  Why not give the idea a fighting chance by committing whatever resources are necessary to improve the promising technology?
  We must commit enough planning and resources to protect and enhance our access to, and use of, space.
  For over two years, it has committed time and resources to educate women about health, nutrition and fitness.
  We committed years and resources to this cause.
  It's good that we're committing new resources as of today.
  But he said they would examine it closely before committing their resources, which are increasingly in demand, to any investigation.
  But, welcome though the decision to keep it open is, ministers have not made it more affordable or committed the extra resources required by their decision.
  That said, the response of media and government has been mixed and the resources being committed by both is rising by the day as the scale of the disaster becomes apparent.
  Because he knows that this Government will not commit the resources that the police need.
  He called on more charities to champion the rights and opportunities of older people, though he fell short of committing a future government to play a role.
  Synonyms
  allocate, assign, allot, give, give over, afford, apportion, surrender, consign, sacrifice, pledge, dedicate, consecrate
3. 2.3be committed to Be in a long-term emotional relationship with (someone).
  订婚；决定与（某人）保持长期感情
  Example sentencesExamples
  I would do anything to change this situation because I am committed to you and to our relationship and because I love you so much.
  For Dante, it ended with the realization that he was too committed to it to be committed to a woman.
  I think it may have been the case that Mr Smith was committed to the claimant and wanted to live with her but I am not satisfied that this wish was reciprocated by Miss King.
3commit something toTransfer something to (a state or place)
he composed a letter but didn't commit it to paper
他构思了一封信，但没有写下来。
she committed each tiny feature to memory
她把每个细小的特征都记住了。
committed to the flames
Example sentencesExamples
- I hesitated before committing those words to pixels, because I knew what the response would be - universal condemnation.
- If you saw this film, you're probably still squeamish about committing family activities to video tape.
- To be honest, I'm incredibly lucky that I grew up a decade before teenagers started committing their rantings to the Internet.
- The entire secondary school system is based on students committing answers to memory and reproducing them in the finals.
- ‘Publish and be damned’ is a phrase that some of us are familiar with and this very potential damnation stops many from committing their ideas to paper.
- The physical process of committing these ideas to some form of permanent record relies on the ability to capture that image, to write the words, to read music, to handle the paintbrush in the desired way.
- The ability to complete the circuit from reading to published opinion in just a few clicks allows, and almost demands that we forego a space of time to step back and reflect and discuss before committing our reactions to words.
- Unfortunately I was in Anglesey with no means of committing my thoughts to anything permanent, and now, after a four and a half hour drive back two hours of which were spent on the M6, my brain isn't functioning at it's usual level.
- He lay on the grass and stroked it as if committing its texture to memory.
- Honesty, Amos says, is one of the advantages of committing her autobiography to CD rather than to paper.
- For a fortnight, toddlers at St Andrew's had been busy committing rhymes to memory in preparation for their big performance.
- Odds are they have committed it to paper or canvas.
1. 3.1 Consign (someone) officially to prison, especially on remand.
  把（某人）押交（尤指还押）；监禁
  he was committed to prison for contempt of court
  他因蔑视法庭而被关进了监狱。
  Example sentencesExamples
  That is to say a man would be committed to prison until such time as he purged his contempt by complying with the order.
  If, however, the fugitive is committed to prison, the Act contemplates that he may seek to challenge that warrant by habeas corpus proceedings.
  A third of prison entrants were committed to prison for the first time.
  There is, however, no power to commit a defaulter to prison.
  In my judgment neither the conclusion that the court was vested with jurisdiction to commit him to prison for contempt, nor the decision to exercise the power in the particular circumstances of the case are open to criticism.
  Adela accuses him of insulting her in the Caves, he is committed to prison and stands trial.
  But, generally speaking, once people are committed to prison they are in the hands of the Executive Government.
  They have resulted in a final order committing the applicant to prison.
  Unless the court makes such a grant, the appeal process is exhausted with the result that, in cases such as the present, there is a final order committing the applicant to prison.
  On 2 September 1997 he applied for an order to commit Mr Rabinowicz to prison for ‘perjury, and misleading the court’.
  I certainly would not concede that the Order upon which, for the many proven breaches of it, you were committed to prison, was unlawful.
  The judge may at any time revoke an order committing a person to prison under this section and, if he is already in custody, order his discharge.
  Do you know that for a refusal to answer questions I can commit you to prison for contempt?
  To enforce the undertaking Naomi must apply for an order committing Mark to prison for breach.
  She refused to consent to being bound over and the justices committed her to prison pursuant to section 115 of the 1980 Act.
  It is a matter of great regret to me as well as to the Deputies that five persons have been committed to prison by the High Court.
  Synonyms
  consign, assign, send, deliver, confine
2. 3.2 Send (a person or case) for trial.
  把（人，案件）交付审判；收押候审
  Example sentencesExamples
  Is there arguably a Parliamentary scheme that you get the diversionary system in the Magistrate's Court and you do not get it if you are committed to the District Court?
  The preliminary inquiry judge exceeded her jurisdiction in committing him to trial for the more serious charge.
  The head magistrate said the court had insufficient powers to deal with the case, and he was committed to Swindon Crown Court for sentencing.
  Following the preliminary inquiry, he was committed to trial.
  He has been committed to stand trial over the alleged murder of a British backpacker.
  The magistrates committed her to Preston Crown Court for sentence after ruling their powers of punishment were insufficient.
  He admitted the offences in November when he appeared before magistrates in Selby, who committed him to York Crown Court yesterday for sentence.
  He admitted all the charges and district judge Simon Cooper committed him to the Crown Court for sentencing, warning that all options, including custody, were open.
  If one considers the last situation, the magistrates' court which committed a defendant will not have made any order as to costs.
  He was committed to stand trial for the attempted murder of his wife, but he took his own life six days ago.
  After a magistrate committed him to trial, the office of the Director for Public Prosecutions, or DPP in Queensland, decided not to proceed with the cases.
  He will continue to hear evidence on their behalf next week before deciding whether to commit them to stand trial.
  The bench found the prosecution case proved and committed him to the crown court for sentencing.
  Even so there seemed to be enough evidence to commit him to stand trial at Port Augusta.
  He has a previous conviction for grievous bodily harm in 1999, and admitted assaulting her causing actual bodily harm, but the magistrates decided to commit him to Swindon Crown Court for sentencing.
  Magistrates had committed her to Preston Crown Court for sentence.
  Earlier this week, the magistrates committed Murdoch to stand trial saying he had a case to answer on all three charges.
  She pleaded guilty to the offences at Dewsbury Magistrates Court on October 22 when she was committed to the Crown Court for sentencing.
  Magistrates decided their powers of sentence were insufficient to deal with the man and committed him to Hull Crown Court for sentence.
  She had admitted the remaining charges at York Magistrates' Court, which committed her to the Crown Court for sentence.
3. 3.3 Send (someone) to be confined in a psychiatric hospital.
  把（某人）关进精神病院
  he had been committed for treatment
  Example sentencesExamples
  Those events led authorities to commit Wolfli to the Waldau Psychiatric Clinic near Bern in 1895, where he was diagnosed as schizophrenic and remained in residence until his death 35 years later.
  At least 18 people were wrongly committed by Highland doctors, according to a whistle-blower who claims she has since been forced out of her job as a medical records officer.
  But the voices continued to bedevil her, and later that year she was committed to Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina.
  The Tribunal heard Marie was so concerned about him, she had him arrested under the Mental Treatment Act and considered committing him to a psychiatric hospital against his will.
  A vagrant who lived rough for a time in Stromness was committed to a psychiatric hospital on Friday, after a sheriff in Wick rejected a plea to grant the man the freedom to return to his nomadic lifestyle in Orkney.
  Psychiatric nurses often have to escort patients whose families are committing them to hospital against their will.
  A woman named Slava Denisov was committed to a psychiatric hospital for collecting signatures on a petition against the war.
  Last week, the judge at his trial committed him to the State mental hospital and said stringent criteria should be imposed on his release.
  The year after his father's death in 1856 he was committed to the Maine Insane Hospital, where he died many years later.
  Louisiana, a defendant had been committed to a state mental hospital after a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.
  Gray agreed to follow a three-year psychiatric community rehabilitation order committing him to constant appraisal, as well as treatment to raise his self-esteem.
  This was his last public appearance before he was committed to a psychiatric hospital on Sunday.
  The therapist and his supervisor decided to commit Poddar to hospital and called the police to help.
  With respect to an appropriate program to help him with his very severe problems, the Society could have brought application to the court for an order committing him to a secure treatment centre.
  A few years ago, she was committed to a mental hospital after a few failed suicide attempts.
  He dotes on her and refuses to believe that she is ill until her parents commit her to the hospital.
  And what if she had been committed to a mental hospital for the rest of her life?
  But she recalls the day her family made the difficult decision to commit her to a psychiatric ward.
  Her family had tried repeatedly to get her into treatment, but she had refused to go, and California had no law that would enable them to commit her to a hospital against her will.
  And unless someone is committed to a psychiatric facility as mentally ill, adults in this country have the right to refuse mental health services.
  We now believe he has been committed to that psychiatric unit.
  When he engaged in a hunger strike, the authorities committed him to a hospital where he was force fed, involuntarily sedated, handcuffed and sometimes strapped to his bed for long periods.
  Synonyms
  hospitalize, confine, institutionalize, put away, lock away, lock up
4. 3.4 Refer (a legislative bill) to a committee.
  把（议案，法案）提交委员会
  Example sentencesExamples
  I intend to speak to a proposed motion to amend the resolution to commit the bill to select committee.
  I happily commit this bill to the select committee.
  I commit the bill to the select committee for consideration.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin committere ‘join, entrust’ (in medieval Latin ‘put into custody’), from com- ‘with’ + mittere ‘put or send’.

词汇	commit
释义	Definition of commit in English: commit verbcommitted, commits, committing kəˈmɪtkəˈmɪt [with object] 1Perpetrate or carry out (a mistake, crime, or immoral act) 犯（错，罪）；干（坏事） he committed an uncharacteristic error 他犯了个普通的错误。 Example sentencesExamples There is no evidence anyone intended to commit a crime or engage in wrongdoing. The question remains as to why these gruesome war crimes and massacres were committed against the civil population? I'm grateful it has taught me not to commit such immoral acts. They will commit immoral acts for their organisations they might not consider committing for themselves. More criminals than ever before are carrying weapons to commit crimes. Yobs committing criminal acts or anti-social behaviour can be banned for up to a year and will have their photographs circulated to all members in the scheme. This punishment ensures that a criminal pays for his crime, stops that criminal from committing any other crimes and thus protects innocent victims. He said police wanted to encourage people not to take the law into their own hands when a crime was committed, but to hand the perpetrators over to the authorities. Peers have also been proven to have an effect on students who commit violent acts on school grounds. He was subsequently charged for willfully committing an indecent act in a public place, which carried a sentence of four months in jail. I am afraid I simply cannot do this in the knowledge that they are likely to be committing acts which will breach international law. In the end, he confessed to actually committing a crime. I had committed neither crimes nor acts of civil disobedience. John glared at Nigel as if he'd committed some heinous act or crime against him. At present, officers can generally arrest people if they suspect them of committing an offence which carries at least five years in prison. Thirdly, the accused is present when the crime is committed by the perpetrator. He faces charges of attempted murder and aiding the enemy and conspiracy to commit war crimes. Based on these charges, state prosecutors intend to prove the defendant committed acts of criminal fraud, conspiracy, and deception. Our law allows for a person to be prosecuted for carrying out torture, even if the crime was committed abroad. On each occasion, magistrates had warned him that he could be resentenced for his crimes if he committed another offence within a year. Synonyms carry out, do, perform, perpetrate, engage in, enact, execute, effect, accomplish be responsible for, be to blame for, be guilty of informal pull off rare effectuate 2Pledge or bind (a person or an organization) to a certain course or policy. 使（人，组织）作出保证；使承担义务；约束 they were reluctant to commit themselves to an opinion 他们不愿意发表意见。 with object and infinitive the treaty commits each party to defend the other 这项条约要求双方承担相互保护的义务。 no object try it out before you commit to a purchase 在你购买之前先试一下。 Example sentencesExamples We are committed to our organization, to our profession, and to our patients. And of course, he is absolutely committed to doing everything he can to get the message out as to why Al and Joe would be so good for the country. And of course, we're committed to helping them as much as we can. We are committed to increasing the membership, morale, organisation and fighting strength of the union movement. Now she's committed to change people's lives through information and communication technology. We are committed to working for people to have more local control over the economic decisions that affect their lives. I think people are really committed to participating this time. ‘In my day we were committed, dedicated and professional,’ he said. While she is yet to define her role with the organisation, she is committed enough to take the first step. I am personally committed to working toward the establishment of these centers. We are committed to international cooperation rather than unilateral policies. The new constitution commits the Member States to a common defence and security policy. We are committed to helping more people get the skills and confidence they need to start their own business. The likelihood of success is so great because you can pick an event you are personally committed to, like my lifelong goal of swimming a mile. They should be people committed to the local Christian community. Whether it is running a company, running a mile or organising a dinner party, he is equally committed to perfection. There is also a real recognition that developed nations, committing funds to assist developing ones, need re-assurance that the cash will be well and effectively spent. And don't forget, the power of networks is in how many people are on them, and how committed those people are. I am personally committed to the route of dialogue and debate instead of boycotts. While most healthcare workers were committed and dedicated to their profession, some still used lack of resources as an excuse to let standards slip. Though people are already committed to other fundraising projects, she encourages everyone to work together to raise the money by September next year. Synonyms pledge, devote, apply, give, dedicate, bind, obligate 2.1be committed to Be dedicated to (something) 献身；投入 we are committed to the fundamental principles of democracy Example sentencesExamples At the same time, international central bankers recognized the benefits of, and were committed to, a balanced global system. Young calls the pair ‘good Samaritans’ and ‘legitimate caregivers, people who were committed to helping those in need.’ I will consider my life goals and how compatible the other person is, before committing my life to marriage. I believe in - and I am committed to - the strong presence in Canada that our six teams give us. The Government is committed to encouraging modern businesses which develop and build on the strengths and commitment of their workforce. She's a really good actress and she commits herself to whatever she's doing, so the relationship with her was easy. We identified 15 players who were committed to the cause and they have come up trumps. Mr Reilly was happy with the results of a recent survey carried out by the council, which showed that approximately 80 per cent of residents in the area were committed to the recycling process. You need proper evidence that this company really is committed to family-friendly working. I mean if you figure somebody's likely to find a job they like and can really enjoy and be committed to it, if they take the time to find that job, to find something they really like, that's a good thing. If academic staff are to be committed to - and enthusiastic about - new forms of teaching, they need to have prepared and devised She said they considered racial abuse as a hate crime and were committed to combating all acts of racism. At the end of the day, this is what our society should be committed to. That is not consistent with the agreement which says that everybody has to be committed to exclusively peaceful means. It is committed to the vision to which he dedicated his life. He said: ‘The players worked ever so hard, showed a good attitude and were committed to the cause.’ At her new job, Pully found a well-run school and a dedicated staff that was committed to teaching students well. He said local people, mostly Hindu adherents, were committed to adopting a peaceful approach to deal with the blasts despite the fact that the tragedy had seriously affected tourism, which most local people rely on for a livelihood. Flinn has always been committed to what he's doing. All of them were committed to the languages their people spoke, and often used many tongues. Synonyms devout, devoted, loyal, dedicated, faithful, staunch, firm, steadfast, resolute, unwavering, sincere, wholehearted, keen, earnest, enthusiastic, zealous, passionate, ardent, fervent, motivated, driven, active, sworn, pledged dutiful, hard-working, diligent, studious, assiduous French engagé informal card-carrying, red-hot, true blue, mad keen, deep-dyed 2.2 Pledge or set aside (resources) for future use. 拨出；把…留作将来用 manufacturers will have to commit substantial funds to developing new engines 制造商将不得不拨出大笔资金开发新型引擎。 Example sentencesExamples Thank you so very much for committing their future into more capable hands. Surely it is important to find out how the thing is going to be used before committing a lot of resources to a specific plan or design. But, welcome though the decision to keep it open is, ministers have not made it more affordable or committed the extra resources required by their decision. But he said they would examine it closely before committing their resources, which are increasingly in demand, to any investigation. Top leadership must desire the change enough to commit time, resources, and energy. That said, the response of media and government has been mixed and the resources being committed by both is rising by the day as the scale of the disaster becomes apparent. Companies are committing their financial resources to the marketing of existing products rather than the development of new ones. We have committed the additional resources he has requested so that he can do that urgently. For over two years, it has committed time and resources to educate women about health, nutrition and fitness. Why not give the idea a fighting chance by committing whatever resources are necessary to improve the promising technology? But the government has said nothing about committing additional funds or resources to the monitoring of their drinking water. It also provides the company with the opportunity to test foreign markets for its product without committing much of its resources in doing so. Because he knows that this Government will not commit the resources that the police need. We must commit enough planning and resources to protect and enhance our access to, and use of, space. We committed years and resources to this cause. And while Japan's financial contribution was never in doubt, there have been major question marks over Tokyo committing troops. He called on more charities to champion the rights and opportunities of older people, though he fell short of committing a future government to play a role. Maybe you own too much of one company's stock, loaded up on too much real estate or committed all of your resources to running your own business. He said the city will commit resources towards eradicating these maladies. It's good that we're committing new resources as of today. Synonyms allocate, assign, allot, give, give over, afford, apportion, surrender, consign, sacrifice, pledge, dedicate, consecrate 2.3commit oneself to Resolve to remain in a long-term emotional relationship with (someone) 订婚；决定与（某人）保持长期感情 she didn't love him enough to commit herself to him 她还没爱他到足以托付终身的地步。 no object once I commit I tend to get scared Example sentencesExamples How can someone walk out of a seven-year relationship and commit himself to another so soon? Part of love, part of committing yourself to a relationship, is the voluntary surrender of part of your emotions. But whatever it is, I'm proud of my decision and proud of finally being able to commit myself to something long term. If there was the remotest chance that James was attracted to him too, could he commit himself to a relationship? Gere's character finds it difficult at first to commit himself to the relationship, but after first betraying and walking out on the young woman, throws himself into the affair and does everything in his power to save her life. 2.4be committed to Be in a long-term emotional relationship with (someone) 订婚；决定与（某人）保持长期感情 she loved a man who was committed to another woman Example sentencesExamples I think it may have been the case that Mr Smith was committed to the claimant and wanted to live with her but I am not satisfied that this wish was reciprocated by Miss King. For Dante, it ended with the realization that he was too committed to it to be committed to a woman. I would do anything to change this situation because I am committed to you and to our relationship and because I love you so much. 3commit something toTransfer something to (a state or place where it can be kept or preserved) 把（某事物）移交（给…保管）；转化成（某一状态） he composed a letter but didn't commit it to paper 他构思了一封信，但没有写下来。 she committed each tiny feature to memory 她把每个细小的特征都记住了。 Example sentencesExamples ‘Publish and be damned’ is a phrase that some of us are familiar with and this very potential damnation stops many from committing their ideas to paper. For a fortnight, toddlers at St Andrew's had been busy committing rhymes to memory in preparation for their big performance. Honesty, Amos says, is one of the advantages of committing her autobiography to CD rather than to paper. The entire secondary school system is based on students committing answers to memory and reproducing them in the finals. Odds are they have committed it to paper or canvas. The physical process of committing these ideas to some form of permanent record relies on the ability to capture that image, to write the words, to read music, to handle the paintbrush in the desired way. If you saw this film, you're probably still squeamish about committing family activities to video tape. I hesitated before committing those words to pixels, because I knew what the response would be - universal condemnation. He lay on the grass and stroked it as if committing its texture to memory. The ability to complete the circuit from reading to published opinion in just a few clicks allows, and almost demands that we forego a space of time to step back and reflect and discuss before committing our reactions to words. Unfortunately I was in Anglesey with no means of committing my thoughts to anything permanent, and now, after a four and a half hour drive back two hours of which were spent on the M6, my brain isn't functioning at it's usual level. To be honest, I'm incredibly lucky that I grew up a decade before teenagers started committing their rantings to the Internet. 3.1 Consign (someone) officially to prison, especially on remand. 把（某人）押交（尤指还押）；监禁 he was committed to prison for contempt of court 他因蔑视法庭而被关进了监狱。 Example sentencesExamples If, however, the fugitive is committed to prison, the Act contemplates that he may seek to challenge that warrant by habeas corpus proceedings. That is to say a man would be committed to prison until such time as he purged his contempt by complying with the order. There is, however, no power to commit a defaulter to prison. Adela accuses him of insulting her in the Caves, he is committed to prison and stands trial. A third of prison entrants were committed to prison for the first time. To enforce the undertaking Naomi must apply for an order committing Mark to prison for breach. Do you know that for a refusal to answer questions I can commit you to prison for contempt? The judge may at any time revoke an order committing a person to prison under this section and, if he is already in custody, order his discharge. I certainly would not concede that the Order upon which, for the many proven breaches of it, you were committed to prison, was unlawful. Unless the court makes such a grant, the appeal process is exhausted with the result that, in cases such as the present, there is a final order committing the applicant to prison. She refused to consent to being bound over and the justices committed her to prison pursuant to section 115 of the 1980 Act. In my judgment neither the conclusion that the court was vested with jurisdiction to commit him to prison for contempt, nor the decision to exercise the power in the particular circumstances of the case are open to criticism. It is a matter of great regret to me as well as to the Deputies that five persons have been committed to prison by the High Court. But, generally speaking, once people are committed to prison they are in the hands of the Executive Government. They have resulted in a final order committing the applicant to prison. On 2 September 1997 he applied for an order to commit Mr Rabinowicz to prison for ‘perjury, and misleading the court’. Synonyms consign, assign, send, deliver, confine 3.2 Send (a person or case) for trial in a higher court. 把（人，案件）交付审判；收押候审 the magistrate decided to commit him for trial 地方法官决定把他交付审判。 Example sentencesExamples Is there arguably a Parliamentary scheme that you get the diversionary system in the Magistrate's Court and you do not get it if you are committed to the District Court? He has a previous conviction for grievous bodily harm in 1999, and admitted assaulting her causing actual bodily harm, but the magistrates decided to commit him to Swindon Crown Court for sentencing. The bench found the prosecution case proved and committed him to the crown court for sentencing. After a magistrate committed him to trial, the office of the Director for Public Prosecutions, or DPP in Queensland, decided not to proceed with the cases. The preliminary inquiry judge exceeded her jurisdiction in committing him to trial for the more serious charge. Magistrates decided their powers of sentence were insufficient to deal with the man and committed him to Hull Crown Court for sentence. He admitted the offences in November when he appeared before magistrates in Selby, who committed him to York Crown Court yesterday for sentence. He was committed to stand trial for the attempted murder of his wife, but he took his own life six days ago. She had admitted the remaining charges at York Magistrates' Court, which committed her to the Crown Court for sentence. Following the preliminary inquiry, he was committed to trial. The magistrates committed her to Preston Crown Court for sentence after ruling their powers of punishment were insufficient. He will continue to hear evidence on their behalf next week before deciding whether to commit them to stand trial. Even so there seemed to be enough evidence to commit him to stand trial at Port Augusta. The head magistrate said the court had insufficient powers to deal with the case, and he was committed to Swindon Crown Court for sentencing. If one considers the last situation, the magistrates' court which committed a defendant will not have made any order as to costs. Earlier this week, the magistrates committed Murdoch to stand trial saying he had a case to answer on all three charges. He has been committed to stand trial over the alleged murder of a British backpacker. He admitted all the charges and district judge Simon Cooper committed him to the Crown Court for sentencing, warning that all options, including custody, were open. She pleaded guilty to the offences at Dewsbury Magistrates Court on October 22 when she was committed to the Crown Court for sentencing. Magistrates had committed her to Preston Crown Court for sentence. 3.3 Send (someone) to be confined in a psychiatric hospital. 把（某人）关进精神病院 you guys would have had me committed Example sentencesExamples And unless someone is committed to a psychiatric facility as mentally ill, adults in this country have the right to refuse mental health services. Gray agreed to follow a three-year psychiatric community rehabilitation order committing him to constant appraisal, as well as treatment to raise his self-esteem. The Tribunal heard Marie was so concerned about him, she had him arrested under the Mental Treatment Act and considered committing him to a psychiatric hospital against his will. Those events led authorities to commit Wolfli to the Waldau Psychiatric Clinic near Bern in 1895, where he was diagnosed as schizophrenic and remained in residence until his death 35 years later. We now believe he has been committed to that psychiatric unit. With respect to an appropriate program to help him with his very severe problems, the Society could have brought application to the court for an order committing him to a secure treatment centre. Louisiana, a defendant had been committed to a state mental hospital after a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. Her family had tried repeatedly to get her into treatment, but she had refused to go, and California had no law that would enable them to commit her to a hospital against her will. He dotes on her and refuses to believe that she is ill until her parents commit her to the hospital. But the voices continued to bedevil her, and later that year she was committed to Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. A vagrant who lived rough for a time in Stromness was committed to a psychiatric hospital on Friday, after a sheriff in Wick rejected a plea to grant the man the freedom to return to his nomadic lifestyle in Orkney. The year after his father's death in 1856 he was committed to the Maine Insane Hospital, where he died many years later. Psychiatric nurses often have to escort patients whose families are committing them to hospital against their will. Last week, the judge at his trial committed him to the State mental hospital and said stringent criteria should be imposed on his release. But she recalls the day her family made the difficult decision to commit her to a psychiatric ward. And what if she had been committed to a mental hospital for the rest of her life? A few years ago, she was committed to a mental hospital after a few failed suicide attempts. This was his last public appearance before he was committed to a psychiatric hospital on Sunday. At least 18 people were wrongly committed by Highland doctors, according to a whistle-blower who claims she has since been forced out of her job as a medical records officer. A woman named Slava Denisov was committed to a psychiatric hospital for collecting signatures on a petition against the war. When he engaged in a hunger strike, the authorities committed him to a hospital where he was force fed, involuntarily sedated, handcuffed and sometimes strapped to his bed for long periods. The therapist and his supervisor decided to commit Poddar to hospital and called the police to help. Synonyms hospitalize, confine, institutionalize, put away, lock away, lock up certify 3.4 Refer (a parliamentary or legislative bill) to a committee. 把（议案，法案）提交委员会 Example sentencesExamples I intend to speak to a proposed motion to amend the resolution to commit the bill to select committee. I commit the bill to the select committee for consideration. I happily commit this bill to the select committee. Derivatives committable adjective If I'm to be considered the Bad Girl, out of control, committable, I plan to teach the world exactly what these labels mean. Example sentencesExamples Although I think he is a danger to others, especially Lenore, I can't honestly say either that the danger is imminent or that I think he is committable. committer noun Projects highly centralized on this measure would have a small core of regular code committers, whereas more decentralized projects would have code written by a greater proportion of individuals involved in the project. Example sentencesExamples Although most committers of incest were sentenced to banishment for life, it is not surprising that magistrates were not entirely consistent in imposing punishments. For the first solution the government could undertake a list of crimes the committer should be killed for. She glanced around quickly, and then looked to the the suspected committer of criminal and perverse acts, barely meeting his eyes before her own shifted over to the door. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin committere 'join, entrust' (in medieval Latin 'put into custody'), from com- 'with' + mittere 'put or send'. Rhymes acquit, admit, backlit, bedsit, befit, bit, Brit, Britt, chit, demit, dit, emit, fit, flit, frit, git, grit, hit, intermit, it, kit, knit, legit, lickety-split, lit, manumit, mishit, mitt, nit, omit, outsit, outwit, permit, pit, Pitt, pretermit, quit, remit, retrofit, sit, skit, slit, snit, spit, split, sprit, squit, submit, transmit, twit, whit, wit, writ, zit Definition of commit in US English: commit verbkəˈmɪtkəˈmit [with object] 1Carry out or perpetrate (a mistake, crime, or immoral act) 犯（错，罪）；干（坏事） he committed an uncharacteristic error 他犯了个普通的错误。 Example sentencesExamples On each occasion, magistrates had warned him that he could be resentenced for his crimes if he committed another offence within a year. In the end, he confessed to actually committing a crime. Our law allows for a person to be prosecuted for carrying out torture, even if the crime was committed abroad. I am afraid I simply cannot do this in the knowledge that they are likely to be committing acts which will breach international law. More criminals than ever before are carrying weapons to commit crimes. The question remains as to why these gruesome war crimes and massacres were committed against the civil population? Peers have also been proven to have an effect on students who commit violent acts on school grounds. Yobs committing criminal acts or anti-social behaviour can be banned for up to a year and will have their photographs circulated to all members in the scheme. There is no evidence anyone intended to commit a crime or engage in wrongdoing. At present, officers can generally arrest people if they suspect them of committing an offence which carries at least five years in prison. I had committed neither crimes nor acts of civil disobedience. He faces charges of attempted murder and aiding the enemy and conspiracy to commit war crimes. I'm grateful it has taught me not to commit such immoral acts. They will commit immoral acts for their organisations they might not consider committing for themselves. This punishment ensures that a criminal pays for his crime, stops that criminal from committing any other crimes and thus protects innocent victims. John glared at Nigel as if he'd committed some heinous act or crime against him. Thirdly, the accused is present when the crime is committed by the perpetrator. He was subsequently charged for willfully committing an indecent act in a public place, which carried a sentence of four months in jail. He said police wanted to encourage people not to take the law into their own hands when a crime was committed, but to hand the perpetrators over to the authorities. Based on these charges, state prosecutors intend to prove the defendant committed acts of criminal fraud, conspiracy, and deception. Synonyms carry out, do, perform, perpetrate, engage in, enact, execute, effect, accomplish 2Pledge or bind (a person or an organization) to a certain course or policy. 使（人，组织）作出保证；使承担义务；约束 they were reluctant to commit themselves to an opinion 他们不愿意发表意见。 the treaty commits each party to defend the other 这项条约要求双方承担相互保护的义务。 try it out before you commit to a purchase 在你购买之前先试一下。 Example sentencesExamples ‘In my day we were committed, dedicated and professional,’ he said. I think people are really committed to participating this time. We are committed to international cooperation rather than unilateral policies. I am personally committed to the route of dialogue and debate instead of boycotts. We are committed to increasing the membership, morale, organisation and fighting strength of the union movement. And of course, he is absolutely committed to doing everything he can to get the message out as to why Al and Joe would be so good for the country. While most healthcare workers were committed and dedicated to their profession, some still used lack of resources as an excuse to let standards slip. I am personally committed to working toward the establishment of these centers. Now she's committed to change people's lives through information and communication technology. Whether it is running a company, running a mile or organising a dinner party, he is equally committed to perfection. Though people are already committed to other fundraising projects, she encourages everyone to work together to raise the money by September next year. We are committed to our organization, to our profession, and to our patients. We are committed to helping more people get the skills and confidence they need to start their own business. While she is yet to define her role with the organisation, she is committed enough to take the first step. They should be people committed to the local Christian community. The new constitution commits the Member States to a common defence and security policy. The likelihood of success is so great because you can pick an event you are personally committed to, like my lifelong goal of swimming a mile. There is also a real recognition that developed nations, committing funds to assist developing ones, need re-assurance that the cash will be well and effectively spent. And of course, we're committed to helping them as much as we can. We are committed to working for people to have more local control over the economic decisions that affect their lives. And don't forget, the power of networks is in how many people are on them, and how committed those people are. Synonyms pledge, devote, apply, give, dedicate, bind, obligate 2.1be committed to Be dedicated to (something) 献身；投入 we must be committed to peace Example sentencesExamples He said: ‘The players worked ever so hard, showed a good attitude and were committed to the cause.’ I believe in - and I am committed to - the strong presence in Canada that our six teams give us. She said they considered racial abuse as a hate crime and were committed to combating all acts of racism. I will consider my life goals and how compatible the other person is, before committing my life to marriage. She's a really good actress and she commits herself to whatever she's doing, so the relationship with her was easy. That is not consistent with the agreement which says that everybody has to be committed to exclusively peaceful means. If academic staff are to be committed to - and enthusiastic about - new forms of teaching, they need to have prepared and devised He said local people, mostly Hindu adherents, were committed to adopting a peaceful approach to deal with the blasts despite the fact that the tragedy had seriously affected tourism, which most local people rely on for a livelihood. All of them were committed to the languages their people spoke, and often used many tongues. At the same time, international central bankers recognized the benefits of, and were committed to, a balanced global system. You need proper evidence that this company really is committed to family-friendly working. It is committed to the vision to which he dedicated his life. Flinn has always been committed to what he's doing. Mr Reilly was happy with the results of a recent survey carried out by the council, which showed that approximately 80 per cent of residents in the area were committed to the recycling process. The Government is committed to encouraging modern businesses which develop and build on the strengths and commitment of their workforce. We identified 15 players who were committed to the cause and they have come up trumps. I mean if you figure somebody's likely to find a job they like and can really enjoy and be committed to it, if they take the time to find that job, to find something they really like, that's a good thing. Young calls the pair ‘good Samaritans’ and ‘legitimate caregivers, people who were committed to helping those in need.’ At the end of the day, this is what our society should be committed to. At her new job, Pully found a well-run school and a dedicated staff that was committed to teaching students well. Synonyms devout, devoted, loyal, dedicated, faithful, staunch, firm, steadfast, resolute, unwavering, sincere, wholehearted, keen, earnest, enthusiastic, zealous, passionate, ardent, fervent, motivated, driven, active, sworn, pledged 2.2 Pledge or set aside (resources) for future use. 拨出；把…留作将来用 manufacturers will have to commit substantial funds to developing new engines 制造商将不得不拨出大笔资金开发新型引擎。 Example sentencesExamples Companies are committing their financial resources to the marketing of existing products rather than the development of new ones. Maybe you own too much of one company's stock, loaded up on too much real estate or committed all of your resources to running your own business. Top leadership must desire the change enough to commit time, resources, and energy. It also provides the company with the opportunity to test foreign markets for its product without committing much of its resources in doing so. We have committed the additional resources he has requested so that he can do that urgently. Thank you so very much for committing their future into more capable hands. He said the city will commit resources towards eradicating these maladies. But the government has said nothing about committing additional funds or resources to the monitoring of their drinking water. And while Japan's financial contribution was never in doubt, there have been major question marks over Tokyo committing troops. Surely it is important to find out how the thing is going to be used before committing a lot of resources to a specific plan or design. Why not give the idea a fighting chance by committing whatever resources are necessary to improve the promising technology? We must commit enough planning and resources to protect and enhance our access to, and use of, space. For over two years, it has committed time and resources to educate women about health, nutrition and fitness. We committed years and resources to this cause. It's good that we're committing new resources as of today. But he said they would examine it closely before committing their resources, which are increasingly in demand, to any investigation. But, welcome though the decision to keep it open is, ministers have not made it more affordable or committed the extra resources required by their decision. That said, the response of media and government has been mixed and the resources being committed by both is rising by the day as the scale of the disaster becomes apparent. Because he knows that this Government will not commit the resources that the police need. He called on more charities to champion the rights and opportunities of older people, though he fell short of committing a future government to play a role. Synonyms allocate, assign, allot, give, give over, afford, apportion, surrender, consign, sacrifice, pledge, dedicate, consecrate 2.3be committed to Be in a long-term emotional relationship with (someone). 订婚；决定与（某人）保持长期感情 Example sentencesExamples I would do anything to change this situation because I am committed to you and to our relationship and because I love you so much. For Dante, it ended with the realization that he was too committed to it to be committed to a woman. I think it may have been the case that Mr Smith was committed to the claimant and wanted to live with her but I am not satisfied that this wish was reciprocated by Miss King. 3commit something toTransfer something to (a state or place) he composed a letter but didn't commit it to paper 他构思了一封信，但没有写下来。 she committed each tiny feature to memory 她把每个细小的特征都记住了。 committed to the flames Example sentencesExamples I hesitated before committing those words to pixels, because I knew what the response would be - universal condemnation. If you saw this film, you're probably still squeamish about committing family activities to video tape. To be honest, I'm incredibly lucky that I grew up a decade before teenagers started committing their rantings to the Internet. The entire secondary school system is based on students committing answers to memory and reproducing them in the finals. ‘Publish and be damned’ is a phrase that some of us are familiar with and this very potential damnation stops many from committing their ideas to paper. The physical process of committing these ideas to some form of permanent record relies on the ability to capture that image, to write the words, to read music, to handle the paintbrush in the desired way. The ability to complete the circuit from reading to published opinion in just a few clicks allows, and almost demands that we forego a space of time to step back and reflect and discuss before committing our reactions to words. Unfortunately I was in Anglesey with no means of committing my thoughts to anything permanent, and now, after a four and a half hour drive back two hours of which were spent on the M6, my brain isn't functioning at it's usual level. He lay on the grass and stroked it as if committing its texture to memory. Honesty, Amos says, is one of the advantages of committing her autobiography to CD rather than to paper. For a fortnight, toddlers at St Andrew's had been busy committing rhymes to memory in preparation for their big performance. Odds are they have committed it to paper or canvas. 3.1 Consign (someone) officially to prison, especially on remand. 把（某人）押交（尤指还押）；监禁 he was committed to prison for contempt of court 他因蔑视法庭而被关进了监狱。 Example sentencesExamples That is to say a man would be committed to prison until such time as he purged his contempt by complying with the order. If, however, the fugitive is committed to prison, the Act contemplates that he may seek to challenge that warrant by habeas corpus proceedings. A third of prison entrants were committed to prison for the first time. There is, however, no power to commit a defaulter to prison. In my judgment neither the conclusion that the court was vested with jurisdiction to commit him to prison for contempt, nor the decision to exercise the power in the particular circumstances of the case are open to criticism. Adela accuses him of insulting her in the Caves, he is committed to prison and stands trial. But, generally speaking, once people are committed to prison they are in the hands of the Executive Government. They have resulted in a final order committing the applicant to prison. Unless the court makes such a grant, the appeal process is exhausted with the result that, in cases such as the present, there is a final order committing the applicant to prison. On 2 September 1997 he applied for an order to commit Mr Rabinowicz to prison for ‘perjury, and misleading the court’. I certainly would not concede that the Order upon which, for the many proven breaches of it, you were committed to prison, was unlawful. The judge may at any time revoke an order committing a person to prison under this section and, if he is already in custody, order his discharge. Do you know that for a refusal to answer questions I can commit you to prison for contempt? To enforce the undertaking Naomi must apply for an order committing Mark to prison for breach. She refused to consent to being bound over and the justices committed her to prison pursuant to section 115 of the 1980 Act. It is a matter of great regret to me as well as to the Deputies that five persons have been committed to prison by the High Court. Synonyms consign, assign, send, deliver, confine 3.2 Send (a person or case) for trial. 把（人，案件）交付审判；收押候审 Example sentencesExamples Is there arguably a Parliamentary scheme that you get the diversionary system in the Magistrate's Court and you do not get it if you are committed to the District Court? The preliminary inquiry judge exceeded her jurisdiction in committing him to trial for the more serious charge. The head magistrate said the court had insufficient powers to deal with the case, and he was committed to Swindon Crown Court for sentencing. Following the preliminary inquiry, he was committed to trial. He has been committed to stand trial over the alleged murder of a British backpacker. The magistrates committed her to Preston Crown Court for sentence after ruling their powers of punishment were insufficient. He admitted the offences in November when he appeared before magistrates in Selby, who committed him to York Crown Court yesterday for sentence. He admitted all the charges and district judge Simon Cooper committed him to the Crown Court for sentencing, warning that all options, including custody, were open. If one considers the last situation, the magistrates' court which committed a defendant will not have made any order as to costs. He was committed to stand trial for the attempted murder of his wife, but he took his own life six days ago. After a magistrate committed him to trial, the office of the Director for Public Prosecutions, or DPP in Queensland, decided not to proceed with the cases. He will continue to hear evidence on their behalf next week before deciding whether to commit them to stand trial. The bench found the prosecution case proved and committed him to the crown court for sentencing. Even so there seemed to be enough evidence to commit him to stand trial at Port Augusta. He has a previous conviction for grievous bodily harm in 1999, and admitted assaulting her causing actual bodily harm, but the magistrates decided to commit him to Swindon Crown Court for sentencing. Magistrates had committed her to Preston Crown Court for sentence. Earlier this week, the magistrates committed Murdoch to stand trial saying he had a case to answer on all three charges. She pleaded guilty to the offences at Dewsbury Magistrates Court on October 22 when she was committed to the Crown Court for sentencing. Magistrates decided their powers of sentence were insufficient to deal with the man and committed him to Hull Crown Court for sentence. She had admitted the remaining charges at York Magistrates' Court, which committed her to the Crown Court for sentence. 3.3 Send (someone) to be confined in a psychiatric hospital. 把（某人）关进精神病院 he had been committed for treatment Example sentencesExamples Those events led authorities to commit Wolfli to the Waldau Psychiatric Clinic near Bern in 1895, where he was diagnosed as schizophrenic and remained in residence until his death 35 years later. At least 18 people were wrongly committed by Highland doctors, according to a whistle-blower who claims she has since been forced out of her job as a medical records officer. But the voices continued to bedevil her, and later that year she was committed to Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. The Tribunal heard Marie was so concerned about him, she had him arrested under the Mental Treatment Act and considered committing him to a psychiatric hospital against his will. A vagrant who lived rough for a time in Stromness was committed to a psychiatric hospital on Friday, after a sheriff in Wick rejected a plea to grant the man the freedom to return to his nomadic lifestyle in Orkney. Psychiatric nurses often have to escort patients whose families are committing them to hospital against their will. A woman named Slava Denisov was committed to a psychiatric hospital for collecting signatures on a petition against the war. Last week, the judge at his trial committed him to the State mental hospital and said stringent criteria should be imposed on his release. The year after his father's death in 1856 he was committed to the Maine Insane Hospital, where he died many years later. Louisiana, a defendant had been committed to a state mental hospital after a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. Gray agreed to follow a three-year psychiatric community rehabilitation order committing him to constant appraisal, as well as treatment to raise his self-esteem. This was his last public appearance before he was committed to a psychiatric hospital on Sunday. The therapist and his supervisor decided to commit Poddar to hospital and called the police to help. With respect to an appropriate program to help him with his very severe problems, the Society could have brought application to the court for an order committing him to a secure treatment centre. A few years ago, she was committed to a mental hospital after a few failed suicide attempts. He dotes on her and refuses to believe that she is ill until her parents commit her to the hospital. And what if she had been committed to a mental hospital for the rest of her life? But she recalls the day her family made the difficult decision to commit her to a psychiatric ward. Her family had tried repeatedly to get her into treatment, but she had refused to go, and California had no law that would enable them to commit her to a hospital against her will. And unless someone is committed to a psychiatric facility as mentally ill, adults in this country have the right to refuse mental health services. We now believe he has been committed to that psychiatric unit. When he engaged in a hunger strike, the authorities committed him to a hospital where he was force fed, involuntarily sedated, handcuffed and sometimes strapped to his bed for long periods. Synonyms hospitalize, confine, institutionalize, put away, lock away, lock up 3.4 Refer (a legislative bill) to a committee. 把（议案，法案）提交委员会 Example sentencesExamples I intend to speak to a proposed motion to amend the resolution to commit the bill to select committee. I happily commit this bill to the select committee. I commit the bill to the select committee for consideration. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin committere ‘join, entrust’ (in medieval Latin ‘put into custody’), from com- ‘with’ + mittere ‘put or send’.
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