commit

英[kə'mɪt]，美[kə'mɪt]

v. 犯 (罪或错等); 自杀; 承诺; 调拨 (钱、资源); (就某事) 表态; 送交 (到精神病院、监狱等); 记 (在纸上、记忆中)
助记：com-共同 + mit-送 → 共同送 → 委任。

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权威词源导读

commit (v.) - 14世纪晚期，"to give in charge, entrust"，源自拉丁语committere "to unite, connect, combine; to bring together"，源自com "with, together" (参看：com-) + mittere "to release, let go; send, throw" (参看：mission)。演变为现代系列含义的过程并不完全清楚。含义 "perpetrating" 是拉丁语中的古义; 在英语中始于15世纪中期。不及物用法 (代替commit oneself) 最早记录于1982，probably influenced by existentialism use (1948) of commitment to translate Sartre's engagement "emotional and moral engagement"。

词源说明（童理民）

1. commit : com-,表强调，-mit,派遣，过去分词-miss,词源同mission.该词在使用过程中，扩展了诸多词义。

21世纪大英汉词典

#commitvt.1.■把…托付给；托，委托；委任：The old man committed his will to the care of the lawyer.老人把他的遗嘱委托律师保管。2.■付诸；藏于：She committed these documents to the fire.她把这些文件付之一炬。3.■监禁，把…交付看管；下狱；判处(徒刑等)：The judge committed him to prison.法官判他入狱。4.■把…关进(精神病院)：The court committed her to a lunatic asylum.法院把她送进精神病院。5.■使承担义务；使做出保证；许诺：Don't commit your promises to paper if you are not certain you keep them.如果你没有把握兑现你的许诺，你就不要做出书面保证。6.■干(坏事)；犯(罪)：He has committed a serious crime.他犯下了严重罪行。She committed suicide three days later.三天后她自杀了。7.■指定…用于；调拨，调配…供使用：They committed more than three divisions to the operations.他们调了三个多师参加这次战役。8.■(把议程等)交付委员会9.■提高：to commit grade提高档次vi.1.■[美国英语]保证，做出承诺：I shall commit to her success.我保证她取得成功。近义词entrustconfideconsignrelegatecommit oneself on使(自己)表态commit oneself to承诺；答应负责束缚(自己)，使(自己)受约束commit to memory把…记住，熟记，背下commit to paper (或writing)把…写下来，记录下来；做出书面保证commit to the earth(或flames,waves)埋葬(或火葬、水葬)变形vt.committedcommitting#