committee

IPA/kəˈmɪti/
KK[kəmˈɪti]IPA/kəˈmɪti/

committee — 名詞

  • committeesingular
  • committeesplural

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

1.名詞B2
釋義

委員會

由選派人員組成的正式小組

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.

校務委員會投票決定為圖書館購買新書。

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

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

一個由五位醫生組成的委員會將研究醫院的安全規範。

committee of + [members]

常見搭配
  • sit on a committee
  • serve on a committee
  • form a committee
  • set up a committee
  • committee member
  • committee meeting
  • committee chair
  • joint committee
  • special committee
  • advisory committee
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.

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常用片語

  • serve on a committee
  • set up a committee
  • committee as a whole

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