1oftenCommission [C] [with.sop] an official group of people who are asked to find out about sth 调查委员会;调查团:
A Commission was appointed to investigate the causes of the accident.成立了委员会来调查事故的起因。
2 [C,U] money that you get for selling sth 佣金:
Agents get 10% commission on everything they sell.代理商收取相当于货价一成的佣金。
3 [C,U] money that a bank, etc charges for providing a particular service (银行等提供服务收取的)回扣,佣金
4 [C] a formal request to an artist, writer, etc to produce a piece of work 委托(艺术家、作家等完成某项作品):
He received a commission to write a play for the festival.他受托为这个会演撰写剧本。
commission²
/kəˈmɪʃn ||; kəˈmɪʃən/verb
[T] commission sb (to do sth);commission sth (from sb) to ask an artist, writer, etc to do a piece of work 委托(艺术家、作家等完成某项作品):
to commission an architect to design a building委托建筑师设计一幢大楼
commission1/kəˋmIʃən; kəˈmIʃ$n/n 1 [C] an official group whose job is to find out about or control an activity 调查团﹔委员会: the International Whaling Commission 国际捕鲸委员会2 [C,U] extra money that you are paid every time you sell something 佣金: 20% commission 20% 的佣金 3 [C,U] a request for an artist, designer, or musician to do a piece of work〔请艺术家﹑设计师或音乐家创作作品的〕委托
commission2v [T] to ask someone to do a particular piece of work for you 委托: The government commissioned the report last year. 去年﹐政府托人撰写这份报告。commission sb to do sth He was commissioned to design a bridge. 他受托设计一座桥。