committee: [15] Committee was formed from the verb commit by adding the suffix -ee. Following the pattern of all such formations, it originally meant ‘person to whom something is committed’; it was not until the 17th century that the sense ‘body of people delegated to perform a particular function’ developed.
committee (n.)
1620s, from commit + -ee, or else a revival of Anglo-French commite, past participle of commettre "to commit," from Latin committere "to unite, connect" (see commit). Originally "person to whom something is committed" (late 15c.); from 17c. in reference to a body of such people.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. This committee will enable decisions to be made democratically.
該委員會(huì)將實(shí)現(xiàn)民主決議過(guò)程。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. He had been on the Nobel Prize committee's list of possibles.
他在諾貝爾委員會(huì)列出的獲獎(jiǎng)候選者名單之列.
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. Today its executive committee voted unanimously to reject the proposals.
今天執(zhí)行委員會(huì)投票一致否決了這些提案。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. The special cabinet committee comprises Mr Brown, Mr Mandelson, and Mr Straw.
特別內(nèi)閣委員會(huì)包括布朗先生、曼德爾森先生和斯特勞先生。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
5. He sits on the executive committee that manages Lloyds.