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。
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/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