1 commission /kəˈmɪʃən/ noun plural commissions
plural commissions
Learner's definition of COMMISSION
1
[count] : a group of people who have been given the official job of finding information about something or controlling something : committee委员会 -
She served on the city's water commission.她在市水务委员会工作。
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the Federal Elections Commission联邦选举委员会
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Both states set up commissions to examine their public schools.两州都成立了委员会对本州的公立学校进行审查。
2
: an amount of money paid to an employee for selling something佣金;回扣 [count]
[noncount]
3
[noncount] formal : the act of committing a crime犯罪 4
: a request or order for someone to do something for money委托;命令 [count]
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5
[count] : a position of high rank in the military(军队中的)高级别官职,高级别军衔
in commission
or into commission
: able to function properly : ready for use能正常运行;可使用
out of commission
: not able to function properly不能正常运行;不可使用 —
often used figuratively常用作比喻 2 commission /kəˈmɪʃən/ verb
commissions; commissioned; commissioning
2 commission
/kəˈmɪʃən/
verb
commissions; commissioned; commissioning
Learner's definition of COMMISSION
[+ object]
1
a : to order or request (something) to be made or done命令去做,委托去做(某事) -
A portrait of the queen was commissioned.为王后画像的命令已下达。
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The magazine commissioned a story about the world's best beaches.这家杂志委托他人撰写一个世界最美海滩的报道。
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The report on poverty was commissioned by the governor.这份贫困状况报告是应州长要求完成的。
b : to order or request (someone) to make or do something命令,委托(某人做某事) 2
: to make (someone) an officer in the military(在军队中)任命 3
: to make (a ship) officially active and ready for use(使军舰)正式使用,服现役 — opposite decommission
— commissioned
adjective -
The ship remained a commissioned ship for more than 30 years. [=the ship was officially in use for more than 30 years]这艘军舰服役30多年了。
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a commissioned officer [=a military officer of high rank; an officer whose rank is higher than sergeant](中士以上级别的)军官