1 to do sth bad or illegal 犯(罪);做(不好的事):
to commit a crime犯罪to commit suicide自杀
2commit sb/yourself (to sth/to doing sth) to make a definite agreement or promise to do sth 承诺(做某事):
I can't commit myself to helping you tomorrow.我明天不一定能帮你的忙。
3commit yourself (on sth) to make a decision or give an opinion publicly so that it is then difficult to change it 作出决定;公开表态:
I'm not going to commit myself on who will win the election.我不便就谁会在选举中获胜发表看法。☞Look at noncommittal. 参看noncommittal。
4 (formal 正式) to decide to use money or time in a certain way 决定把(金钱、时间)投入:
The government has committed £2 billion to education.政府已决定将20亿英镑投入教育事业。
5 (formal 正式)commit sb to sth to send sb to a prison, mental hospital, etc 送进(监狱、精神病院等)
commit/kəˋmIt; kəˈmIt/v committed , committing 1 [T] to do something wrong or illegal 犯〔错误或罪行〕: the gang that committed the crime 犯下这一罪行的团伙commit murder/rape/arson etc Most murders are committed by men. 大多数谋杀案都是男人所为。commit suicide (=kill yourself deliberately) 自杀2 [I,T] to say that you will definitely do something 承诺﹐保证: commit sb to (doing) sth He committed his government to solving the crisis. 他作出保证﹐他的政府会解决这一危机。Meeting them doesn’t commit us to anything. 和他们会面并不表示我们会承诺什么。commit yourself I’d committed myself and there was no turning back. 我已经做出保证﹐没有退路了。3 [T] to decide to use money, time, people etc for a particular purpose 投入〔钱﹑时间﹑人力等〕: commit sth to sth A lot of money has been committed to the project. 这个项目已经投入了大量资金。4 [T] to order someone to be put in a hospital or prison 把…关进医院[监狱]﹔监禁: The judge committed him to prison. 法官判他监禁。