Picture yourself signing your name to something: from this moment part of your future is spoken for. The word can then point at any part of that picture — the promise you gave, the loyalty you keep giving, the thing now sitting in your diary, or the money that leaves your account every month.

可以想成:你在一件事上簽下名字的那一刻——從現在起,你未來的一部分已經被綁住了。這個字接下來可以指畫面裡的任何一塊:你給出去的那句話、你持續投進去的心力、行事曆上因此被佔走的那格時間,或是每個月固定被扣走的那筆錢。共同點都是「已經答應出去、收不回來」。

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原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

commitmentnoun/kəˈmɪtmənt/

  • 1

    The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:

  • 2

    The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:

  • 3

    Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially

  • 4

    Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:

  • 5

    Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.

  • 6

    The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.

    • Citizenship in the original Greek concept was not simply the granting of rights to do as one pleased; it also demanded a commitment to serve the interests of the many via personal sacrifice.
  • 7

    Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.

  • 8

    State of being pledged or engaged.

另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。