commitment
[kə'mɪtmənt]
n. 托, , 担, 赞助

[医] 院禁

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1. His political commitment is only skin-deep.
   政治诺文章。
2. The President affirmed America's commitment to its transatlantic (ie European) allies.
   总统申美履其欧洲盟担.
3. Her commitment to a great cause degenerated from a crusade into an obsession.
   她致於伟, 但其崇奋斗精神已质偏执狂热.

commitment
[ noun ]

1. the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose

<noun.attribute>
a man of energy and commitment

2. the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action

<noun.act>
his long commitment to public service
they felt no loyalty to a losing team

3. an engagement by contract involving financial obligation

<noun.act>
his business commitments took him to London

4. a message that makes a pledge

<noun.communication>

5. the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

<noun.act>

Commitment \Com*mit"ment\, n.
1. The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or
trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.

They were glad to compound for his bare commitment
to the Tower, whence he was within few days
enlarged. --Clarendon.

2. A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; --
more frequently termed a mittimus.

3. The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for
consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition
or a bill.

4. A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or
blunder; commission.

5. The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing,
endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being
pledged or engaged. --Hamilton.