commit

动词 commit:

1. perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
   同义词：perpetrate, pull
2. give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
   同义词：give, dedicate, consecrate, devote
3. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
   同义词：institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge
4. confer a trust upon
   同义词：entrust, intrust, trust, confide
5. make an investment
   同义词：invest, put, place

1. One cannot commit crimes with impunity.
   一个人不能犯了罪不受惩罚。
2. They tried to persuade her to commit perjury.
   他们竭力说服她出庭作伪证。
3. The novelist makes his heroine commit suicide at the end of the book.
   那小说作者在书的结尾让他的女主人公自杀了。
4. I asked her what she thought, but she refused to commit herself.
   我问她她是怎么想的，但她拒不表示意见。
5. The magistrates committed him for trial at the Old Bailey.
   地方法官把他送往伦敦中央刑事法院受审。
6. He would not commit himself in any way.
   他不愿做出任何承诺。
7. She committed herself to philanthropy.
   她专心从事慈善事业。
8. The girl was committed to the care of an aunt.
   这女孩被交给姨母照顾。

com.mit

v.（动词）
com.mit.ted,com.mit.ting,com.mits
v.tr.（及物动词）
To do, perform, or perpetrate:
犯：作、实行或犯（罪）：
例句：
commit a murder.
犯谋杀罪

To put in trust or charge; entrust.
委托：置于委托或托管人；信托
To place officially in confinement or custody, as in a mental health facility.
收监，收押：置于官方限制或保护，如在精神健康设施
To consign for future use or reference or for preservation:
交付，保管：为将来使用、参考或保存而寄存：
例句：
commit the verse to memory.
将诗句存入脑海中

To put into a place to be kept safe or to be disposed of.
担保：放在保持安全或予以处理的位置上

To make known the views of (oneself) on an issue:
表明：使对一个问题的观点被知道（某人自己）：
例句：
I never commit myself on such issues.
我从未对这些问题表示过意见

To bind or obligate, as by a pledge:
致力于：约束或强制，如经由誓言：
例句：
They were committed to follow orders.
他们对命令全力以赴

To refer (a legislative bill, for example) to a committee.
把（例如立法议案）提交委员会
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To pledge or obligate one`s own self:
使负责，使受约束：
例句：
felt that he was too young to commit fully to marriage.
感到他太年轻不能完全承担结婚的义务

来源：
Middle English committen
中古英语 committen
from Latin committere
源自 拉丁语 committere
com- [com-]
com- [前缀com-]
mittere [to send]
mittere [呈交]

【引伸】
commit.table
adj.（形容词）
<参考词汇><同义词>commit,consign,entrust,confide,relegateThese verbs mean to give over to another for a purpose such as care or safekeeping.
这些动词表示为了一个目的例如照应或保持安全而移作他用。
Commit has the widest application and means to deliver to another to deal with:
Commit 对交给他人来处理有最广泛的应用和意义：
例句：
The general sent the troops committed to his charge into battle. The word can also refer to giving over for preservation or confinement:
将军派由他指挥的部队去战斗。 此单词也能指努力保存或限制：

例句：
I committed the sonata to memory.
我记住了奏鸣曲。

例句：
The patient was committed to the hospital. Toconsign is to transfer to another`s custody or charge:
病人限制在医院。 consign 指交由他人保护或负责 ：

例句：
The owner consigned the paintings to a dealer for sale.Entrust and confide stress trust and confidence in another:
所有者将画委托商人出售。Entrust和 confide 强调对别人信任和相信：

例句：
The task was too important to be entrusted to a child.
此任务太重要而不能托付给儿童；

例句：
She confided her plans to her family. Torelegate is to assign to a specific and especially an inferior category or position:
她把自己的计划吐露给家人。 relegate 是分配给一定的和特殊的下级类别和位置：

例句：
Some scientists relegate parapsychology to the sphere of quackery.
一些科学家把灵学归类到骗术范围。