12.3 commit


1.commit第一层意思= to fully dedicate yourself to something=promise(承诺,忠于)

  1.1固定搭配commit oneself to(追求/致力于...),比如,奥巴马领导的政府commits itself to improving health care(致力改善医疗服务);对于一言既出,驷马难追的人来说,意味着once he commits himself(一旦做出承诺),就没有回头路了

2.commit第二层意思=to send someone officially to prison or hospital(将…送进/交托),

  2.1固定搭配commit sb to somewhere(把某人交托到某处),比如,你commit 犯罪分子to prison;也可以commit疯子to psychiatric hospital(将疯子送入精神病院)

3. commit第三层意思=to kill yourself deliberately(自杀),固定词伙是commit suicide

4.commit第四层意思=to do something wrong or illegal(犯/干坏事),它可以指犯某种罪行,比如,commit murder(犯杀人罪),也可以指犯的不是罪行而只是错误或不当,比如commit a stupid mistake(犯一个愚蠢的错误)


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