Commitment



GRE 蓝宝 TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 承诺; 责任
• ［英］ n. 承诺 ( a pledge or promise) ; 责任 ( a financial liability)
• ［记］ com+mit ( 送send) -> 一起送给 -> 把...交托给 ( commit a child to the care of a nursary ) , 对方接受后便要承担责任, 所以有""责任""一意

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: 1603
• 1.
  • a. an act of committing to a charge or trust: as
    • (1) a consignment to a penal or mental institution
    • (2) an act of referring a matter to a legislative committee
  • b. mittimus
• 2.
  • a. an agreement or pledge to do something in the future; especially an engagement to assume a financial obligation at a future date
  • b. something pledged
  • c. the state or an instance of being obligated or emotionally impelled commitment to a cause

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