及物动词
1. 犯(罪);做(坏事)
If someone commits a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad.
2. 自杀
If someone commits suicide, they deliberately kill themselves.
3. 拨出,调配(资金、资源等)
If you commit money or resources to something, you decide to use them for a particular purpose.
4. 承诺,保证(做);忠于(某人)
If you commit yourself to something, you say that you will definitely do it. If you commit yourself to someone, you decide that you want to have a long-term relationship with them.
1. give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
e.g. She committed herself to the work of God
give one's talents to a good cause
consecrate your life to the church
Synonym: givededicateconsecratedevote
2. make an investment
e.g. Put money into bonds
3. cause to be admitted
of persons to an institution
e.g. After the second episode, she had to be committed
he was committed to prison
Synonym: institutionalizeinstitutionalisesendcharge
4. confer a trust upon
e.g. The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret
I commit my soul to God
Synonym: entrustintrusttrustconfide
5. engage in or perform
e.g. practice safe sex
commit a random act of kindness
Synonym: practice
6. perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
e.g. perpetrate a crime
pull a bank robbery
Synonym: perpetratepull