committee

/kəˈmɪti/ (bre, ipa) · /kəˈmɪti/ (ame, ipa) · /kə-ˈmi-tē sense 2 also ˌkä-mi-ˈtē/ (ame, mw)

committee — noun

  • committeesingular
  • committeesplural

1. a team of people selected by an organisation to explore problems, form decisions

1.名詞B2
釋義

a team of people selected by an organisation to explore problems, form decisions, or give suggestions about a certain issue

例句

The school committee voted to buy new books for the library.

subject + committee + verb (committee as decision-making body)

A committee of five doctors will study the hospital's safety rules.

committee of + [members]

同義詞
  • board

    usually for a company or organisation that controls policy (board of directors)

  • panel

    a smaller group of experts gathered for a specific purpose, often temporary

  • council

    an elected or appointed governing body with official authority over a wider area

  • commission

    a permanent or long-term body officially appointed to regulate or investigate

文法句型

committee + singular/plural verb

用法筆記

In American English, committee is almost always treated as singular (the committee meets). In British English, both singular and plural verbs are common (the committee meets / the committee meet).

常見錯誤

❌The committee is consisted of ten members.
✅The committee consists of ten members.
💡'consist of' is an active verb and cannot be used in the passive voice.
❌All committee members are meet at the office.
✅All committee members meet at the office.
💡'are meet' confuses the main verb with a passive structure.