commitments

英 [kəˈmɪtmənts]

美 [kəˈmɪtmənts]

n.  承诺; 许诺; 允诺承担; 保证; (对工作或某活动)献身，奉献，投入; 已承诺(或同意)的事; 不得不做的事
commitment的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 信奉;忠诚
  Commitmentis a strong belief in an idea or system.
  1. ...commitment to the ideals of Bolshevism.
     对布尔什维克主义理想的信奉
• N-COUNT 承诺;责任;义务
  Acommitmentis something which regularly takes up some of your time because of an agreement you have made or because of responsibilities that you have.
  1. I've got a lot of commitments...
     我承担了很多责任。
  2. Work commitments forced her to uproot herself and her son from Reykjavik.
     她的工作迫使她和儿子从雷克雅未克搬走。
• N-COUNT 承诺;许诺
  If you make acommitment todo something, you promise that you will do it.
  1. We made a commitment to keep working together...
     我们承诺继续合作。
  2. They made a commitment to peace.
     他们承诺要维护和平。
• 收监;送入医院
  Commitmentis the process of officially sending someone to a prison or to hospital.

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 committal

双语例句

• We have made our commitments.
  我们已经表达了我们的承诺。
• Women are too often constrained by family commitments and by low expectations
  女性往往受到家庭责任和低期望值的束缚。
• The firm I wanted to use had prior commitments.
  我想选用的这家公司已有约在先。
• Commitments have been made with very little intention of carrying them out.
  诺言是许下了，可是基本没有打算真的照办。
• These strengths, and your commitments, are readily apparent in the documents and reports prepared for this session.
  这些优势和你们的承诺在为本次会议准备的文件和报告中显而易见。
• But the commitments and the cash were not enough.
  但是，有承诺和现金还不够。
• The cabinet may backpedal on these commitments.
  内阁可能背弃这些承诺。
• The treaty is now void of absolute commitments.
  条约现在失去了绝对的约束力。
• However, financial contributions and commitments have been limited to date.
  但是，迄今为止财政捐款和承诺有限。
• We find that children and community are the commitments that set us free.
  我们知道，通过对整个社会和我们的孩子们尽我们的义务，我们将得到最终自由。