committee

英 [kə'mɪtɪ] 美 [kə'mɪti]

committee: committee: [15] Committee was formed from the verb commit by adding the suffix -ee. Following the pattern of all such formations, it originally meant ‘person to whom something is committed’; it was not until the 17th century that the sense ‘body of people delegated to perform a particular function’ developed.
committee (n.): 1620s, from commit + -ee, or else a revival of Anglo-French commite, past participle of commettre "to commit," from Latin committere "to unite, connect" (see commit). Originally "person to whom something is committed" (late 15c.); from 17c. in reference to a body of such people.

1. This committee will enable decisions to be made democratically.: 该委员会将实现民主决议过程。

2. He had been on the Nobel Prize committee's list of possibles.: 他在诺贝尔委员会列出的获奖候选者名单之列.

3. Today its executive committee voted unanimously to reject the proposals.: 今天执行委员会投票一致否决了这些提案。

4. The special cabinet committee comprises Mr Brown, Mr Mandelson, and Mr Straw.: 特别内阁委员会包括布朗先生、曼德尔森先生和斯特劳先生。

5. He sits on the executive committee that manages Lloyds.: 他是管理劳埃德保险公司的执行委员会成员。