2010年8月11日 星期三

commit, commitment, corroborate

commit /kəˈmɪt/ DJ /kə'mɪt/ KK


verb

1.to do something wrong or illegal 做出(錯或非法的事);犯(罪或錯等) VN ~ a crime, etc.

2.to kill yourself deliberately 自殺 VN ~ suicide

3.to promise sincerely that you will definitely do something, keep to an agreement or arrangement, etc. 承諾,保證(做某事、遵守協議或遵從安排等) ~ sb/yourself (to sth/to doing sth) often passive

4.to give an opinion or make a decision openly so that it is then difficult to change it (公開地)表示意見,作出決定(以致日後難以更改) VN ~ yourself (to sth)

5.to be completely loyal to one person, organization, etc. or give all your time and effort to your work, an activity, etc. 忠於(某個人、機構等);全心全意投入(工作、活動等) V ~ (to sb/sth)

6.to spend money or time on something/somebody 花(錢或時間) VN

7.to order somebody to be sent to a hospital, prison, etc. (下令)把(某人)送進(醫院或監獄等) VN often passive ~ sb to sth

8.to send somebody for trial in a court of law 把(某人)送交法院受審 VN

9.to learn something well enough to remember it exactly 把…學好記牢 VN
10.to write something down 把…記(或寫)下來 VN

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corroborate /kəˈrɒbəreɪt/ DJ /-ˈrɑːb-/ DJ US /kə'rɑbəˈret/ KK US


1.to provide evidence or information that supports a statement, theory, etc. 證實,確證(陳述、理論等) verb VN often passive formal

來源GOOGLE字典

commitment /kəˈmɪtmənt/ DJ /kə'mɪtmənt/ KK


noun

1.a promise to do something or to behave in a particular way; a promise to support somebody/something; the fact of committing yourself 承諾;許諾;允諾承擔;保證 countable uncountable ~ (to sb/sth) ~ to do sth

2.the willingness to work hard and give your energy and time to a job or an activity (對工作或某活動)獻身,奉獻,投入 uncountable ~ (to sb/sth) 

3.a thing that you have promised or agreed to do, or that you have to do 已承諾(或同意)的事;不得不做的事 countable

4.the fact of having to pay an amount of money regularly 定期付款 countable

5.agreeing to use money, time or people in order to achieve something 花費,使用(資金、時間、人力) uncountable countable ~ (of sth) (to sth)
來源GOOGLE字典

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