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词汇 committee
释义 committee
noun[ C, + sing/pl verb ]
uk /kəˈmɪt.i/ us /kəˈmɪt̬.i/
B2
a small group of people chosen to represent a larger organization and either make decisions or collect information for it: (代表较大的组织决策或搜集信息的)委员会
She sits on/is on the school's development committee.她是学校发展委员会的成员。
The local council has just set up a committee to study recycling.当地市政会刚刚成立了一个研究资源再生利用问题的委员会。
a committee meeting委员会会议
The committee is composed of MPs, doctors, academics and members of the public.委员会由议员、医生、学者和普通民众组成。
The finance committee controls the school's budget.财务委员会掌管着学校的预算。
It took a lot of persuasion to convince the committee of the advantages of the new scheme.
She has served on the committee for the last 15 years.15年来,她一直在该委员会任职。
In his capacity as secretary of the residents association, he regularly attends meetings of the community policing committee.
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committee | American Dictionary


committee
noun[ C ]
us/kəˈmɪt̬·i/
a group of people chosen from a larger group to act on or consider matters of a particular kind:
She sits on the city’s finance committee.

committee | Business English


committee
noun[ C ]
uk /kəˈmɪti/us
MEETINGS
a small group of people chosen to represent a larger organization and make decisions or collect information for it:
committee members
a committee meeting
If the others on the committee share his view and the data continues to be weak, a rate rise seems unlikely.
appoint/form/establish a committeeA committee was appointed to oversee the building of the new facility.
be/sit/serve on a committeeShe has served on the committee for many years.
chair a committeeThe Finance Director usually chairs this committee.
a committee decides/approves/recommendsThe selection committee recommended that both candidates be appointed.
an advisory/consultative/executive committee
See also
creditors' committee
joint consultative committee
management committee
political action committee
selection committee
steering committee

Examples of committee


committee
In theory, village development plans flow up through district and regional development committees to the central government.
The organization committee presented monthly reports to the executive.
We expect these committees will not exhibit a strong tendency to fall in the majority party's target area on its side of the chamber median.
Unlike the fall conference, each committee discussed the same four topics.
Her methodology is qualitative documentary analysis, drawing principally on municipal reports and committee minutes, and also some voluntary sector records.
One consequence was the establishment of an interdepartmental committee late in 1935 to consider the legislation required to take emergency powers.
Of the thirteen parties, six parties form the permanent leadership committee.
The project committee and the teachers have now decided by consensus that registers would be kept.
The case was referred to the ethical review committee of the medical faculty.
A national committee which could be relied on to assess and veto unethical research could be a great benefit.
The committee made a recommendation against screening women under the age of 50.
These gifts not only endeared him to many friends and colleagues but made him a valued member of boards and committees.
From the end of the 1970s this position dominated the public debate, and that critique led to a new period of committees and surveys.
There is even a brief note on how to help a language standardisation committee produce an elegant and manageable language design.
The first committees to be elected had only six months to learn about governance before the safe zone suddenly disintegrated.
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Collocations withcommittee


committee

These are words often used in combination with committee.

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action committee
The leadership of different federations within the actioncommittee had decided by consensus to persuade the workers to bring the strike to an end.
ad hoc committee
The ad hoccommittee that investigated the defeat came up with no fewer than 28 reasons, from the banal to the incisive.
agriculture committee
Perhaps he should reconsider his position and, in that capacity, perhaps reflect more the position of the trade committee than that of the agriculturecommittee.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
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