源自 ←拉丁语committō “to bring together, join, compare, commit (a wrong), incur, give in charge, etc.”
词源说明
Inherited from Middle English committen, itself borrowed from Latin committō (“to bring together, join, compare, commit (a wrong), incur, give in charge, etc.”), from com- (“together”) + mittō (“to send”). See mission.
(ambitransitive) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.)
(informal, sports, chiefly US, otherwise proscribed) A person, especially a high schoolathlete, who agrees verbally or signs a letter committing to attend a college or university.