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Word family nouncommitteemancommitteeshipcommittee
com·mit·tee /kəˈmɪti/ ●●● S3 W1 noun [countableC]GROUP OF PEOPLE a group of people chosen to do a particular job, make decisions etc 委员会committee of the International Committee of the Red Cross 国际红十字会
committee on a ministerial committee on security affairs 安全事务部长委员会
on a committee He’s on the finance committee. 他在财政委员会任职。
a committee meeting 委员会会议
n Committee is usually followed by a singular verb: The management committee meets regularly.
In British English, you can also use a plural verb: The management committee meet regularly.
COLLOCATIONSverbsa committee meets (=has a meeting) 委员会举行会议The environmental health committee will meet again next Wednesday. 环境卫生委员会将于下周三再次举行会议。
be on a committee (=be a member of a committee) 是委员会的成员I was on the parents' committee at my kids' school. 去年我是我孩子学校家长委员会的成员。
serve/sit on a committee (=be a member of an important committee) 在委员会里任职Our organization is always in need of volunteers to serve on the committee. 我们机构一直需要志愿者加入委员会。
chair a committee (=be the person in charge of a committee) 主持委员会工作Professor Peacock was appointed to chair the committee. 皮科克教授被任命主持委员会的工作。
appoint/set up/form a committee 任命/成立委员会nThe council appointed a special committee to study the issue.
join a committee 加入委员会nI was invited to join a committee to plan the summer carnival.
nleave a committeeAfter three years, she decided to leave the committee.
nstand down from a committee (=leave it)Everyone was sorry when he stood down from the committee.
committee + NOUNa committee meeting 委员会会议There's a committee meeting once a month. 委员会会议每月召开一次。
a committee member 委员会成员Four committee members did not attend the meeting. 四名委员会成员没有参加会议。
the committee chairman/chair 委员会主席nThere will be a new committee chairman next year.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + committeea special committee 特别委员会A special committee of scientists was set up to study the disease. 成立了一个由科学家组成的特别委员会来研究这种疾病。
an executive committee (=that manages an organization and makes decisions for it) 执行委员会He sat on the firm's Executive Committee. 他在公司的执行委员会里任职。
an advisory committee 咨询委员会na government advisory committee
a standing committee (=a permanent one) 常务委员会
a joint committee (=involving two or more groups) 联合委员会
a steering committee (=one that directs a particular activity) 督导委员会
a select committee (=one of politicians and advisers who look at a particular subject) 专责委员会
a management committee 管理委员会nThe scheme will be overseen by a management committee.
a government/departmental/ministerial committee 政府/部门/部长委员会
a planning committee British EnglishBrE (=one that considers requests to build new buildings) 规划委员会nSeveral concerns were raised at the planning committee.
the finance/education etc committee 财务/教育等委员会
From Longman Business Dictionary
committeecom·mit·tee /kəˈmɪti/ noun [countableC] a group of people within an organization such as a government, company, or political party who have been chosen or elected in order to do a particular job, take decisions etcThey will discuss the issue at a committee meeting next month,
He resigned as chairman of the committee but remains a committee member.
→ compliance committee → creditors' committee → executive committee → management committee → political action committee → select committee → selection committee → steering committee → see also Federal Open Market Committee Origin committee (1600-1700) committee “person something is committed to” ((15-17 centuries)), from commit