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.
雙語例句
1. This committee will enable decisions to be made democratically.
該委員會將實現民主決議過程。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He had been on the Nobel Prize committee's list of possibles.
他在諾貝爾委員會列出的獲獎候選者名單之列.
來自柯林斯例句
3. Today its executive committee voted unanimously to reject the proposals.
今天執行委員會投票一致否決了這些提案。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The special cabinet committee comprises Mr Brown, Mr Mandelson, and Mr Straw.
特別內閣委員會包括布朗先生、曼德爾森先生和斯特勞先生。
來自柯林斯例句
5. He sits on the executive committee that manages Lloyds.