commit与expose讲解

commit 与 expose讲解

作者：何烨希

来源：《新高考·英语基础（高一）》2015年第06期

Unfortunately， although Van Gogh committed his whole being to painting， he received

littlereward for his effort.这个句子的意思是“遗憾的是，尽管梵·高全身心地投入绘画，他所得到的回报却微乎其微。”动词commit在句中的意思是“投身于某事，专心致志做某事”。

commit一词含义颇多，作为及物动词的意思有：犯（罪），做（坏事）；自杀；承诺，保证；忠于（某人），全身心投入（工作、活动等）。

常用的搭配还有：commit a crime/ an error/suicide犯罪/做错事/自杀；

commit sb./oneself to sth./doing sth./sb.承诺（做）某事；致力于（做）某事

be committed to sth./doing sth.献身于，致力于

commit oneself to do sth.承诺做某事

例如：No matter how famous you are，you will be punished if you commit a crime.无论你多有名气，犯了罪就要受到惩罚。

Our national football team started to bounce back from the bottom after they had committedtheir

whole being to training for long.经过长时间全身心投入的训练，我们的足球队开始恢复往日是水平了。

commit的名词形式是commitment，意思是：承诺，许诺；委任，委托；致力，献身；承担义务。

例如：Our government has made a commitment that smog will be reduced gradually. 我竹]的政府承诺：雾霾将会逐渐减少。

练一练：根据中文意思完成句子。

1.多数罪行都是年轻人犯下的。

More crimes______ ______by young men.