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committee

Word family 
com·mit·tee /kəˈmɪti/ ●●● S3 W1 noun
[countableC]GROUP OF PEOPLE a group of people chosen to do a particular job, make decisions etc 委員會
committee of
the International Committee of the Red Cross
國際紅十字會
committee on
a ministerial committee on security affairs
安全事務部長委員會
on a committee
He’s on the finance committee.
他在財政委員會任職。
a committee meeting
委員會會議
n GRAMMAR: Singular or plural verb?
Committee is usually followed by a singular verb:
The management committee meets regularly.
In British English, you can also use a plural verb:
The management committee meet regularly.
 COLLOCATIONS
verbs
a committee meets (=has a meeting) 委員會舉行會議
The environmental health committee will meet again next Wednesday.
環境衛生委員會將於下周三再次舉行會議。
be on a committee (=be a member of a committee) 是委員會的成員
I was on the parents' committee at my kids' school.
去年我是我孩子學校家長委員會的成員。
serve/sit on a committee (=be a member of an important committee) 在委員會裏任職
Our organization is always in need of volunteers to serve on the committee.
我們機構一直需要志願者加入委員會。
chair a committee (=be the person in charge of a committee) 主持委員會工作
Professor Peacock was appointed to chair the committee.
皮科克教授被任命主持委員會的工作。
appoint/set up/form a committee 任命/成立委員會
nThe council appointed a special committee to study the issue.
join a committee 加入委員會
nI was invited to join a committee to plan the summer carnival.
nleave a committee
After three years, she decided to leave the committee.
nstand down from a committee (=leave it)
Everyone was sorry when he stood down from the committee.
committee + NOUN
a committee meeting 委員會會議
There's a committee meeting once a month.
委員會會議每月召開一次。
a committee member 委員會成員
Four committee members did not attend the meeting.
四名委員會成員沒有參加會議。
the committee chairman/chair 委員會主席
nThere will be a new committee chairman next year.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + committee
a special committee 特别委員會
A special committee of scientists was set up to study the disease.
成立了一個由科學家組成的特别委員會來研究這種疾病。
an executive committee (=that manages an organization and makes decisions for it) 執行委員會
He sat on the firm's Executive Committee.
他在公司的執行委員會裏任職。
an advisory committee 咨詢委員會
na government advisory committee
a standing committee (=a permanent one) 常務委員會
a joint committee (=involving two or more groups) 聯合委員會
a steering committee (=one that directs a particular activity) 督導委員會
a select committee (=one of politicians and advisers who look at a particular subject) 專責委員會
a management committee 管理委員會
nThe scheme will be overseen by a management committee.
a government/departmental/ministerial committee 政府/部門/部長委員會
a planning committee British EnglishBrE (=one that considers requests to build new buildings) 規劃委員會
nSeveral concerns were raised at the planning committee.
the finance/education etc committee 財務/教育等委員會
Examples from the Corpus
committee• She's been on the Church committee for 20 years.• The finance committee has decided to raise membership fees for next season.• the Senate Armed Forces Committee• The pro-incorporation committee folks argue that nobody who opposed incorporation should be appointed to the council -- once more demonstrating their exclusivity.• In the House, for example, there were 634 persons on committee staffs in 1967.• Step forward Tom Pendry, who chairs the Labour Party sports committee.• Bill Dean has been elected chairman of the committee.• They had held a site meeting on Thursday and he had turned up instead of the committee chairman they were expecting.• The committee includes people such as Elliott Shurgin, general manager of index services.• In addition, procedural reforms in the 1970s transformed the relationship between chairmen and their committee colleagues.• All high cost drugs are already rationed in hospitals through drug and therapeutics committees and clinical pharmacy services.• A welcoming committee greets newcomers to the Parkside neighborhood.
on a committee• So we will go on as long as there is a man who will act on a committee.• Being asked to go on a committee may be something we tend to shy away from at first.• In the House, for example, there were 634 persons on committee staffs in 1967.• The Democratic party's demands include equal representation on committees, but they have yet to win Republican agreement to this.• He then served on committees to set up a republican government and abolish kingship and the House of Lords.• Too much time is spent on committees, teams, and meetings, according to some.• Yes, he holds the least votes on committee in Security.• These different factions have debated the issues for many years on committee after committee without resolving the problems.
From Longman Business Dictionary
committeecom·mit·tee /kəˈmɪti/ noun [countableC]
a group of people within an organization such as a government, company, or political party who have been chosen or elected in order to do a particular job, take decisions etc
They will discuss the issue at a committee meeting next month,
He resigned as chairman of the committee but remains a committee member.
→ compliance committee → creditors' committee → executive committee → management committee → political action committee → select committee → selection committee → steering committee → see also Federal Open Market Committee
Origin committee
(1600-1700) committee “person something is committed to” ((15-17 centuries)), from commit

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