動詞 commit:

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

1. One cannot commit crimes with impunity.
   一個人不能犯了罪不受懲罰。
2. They tried to persuade her to commit perjury.
   他們竭力說服她出庭作偽證。
3. The novelist makes his heroine commit suicide at the end of the book.
   那小說作者在書的結(jié)尾讓他的女主人公自殺了。
4. I asked her what she thought, but she refused to commit herself.
   我問她她是怎么想的，但她拒不表示意見。
5. The magistrates committed him for trial at the Old Bailey.
   地方法官把他送往倫敦中央刑事法院受審。
6. He would not commit himself in any way.
   他不愿做出任何承諾。
7. She committed herself to philanthropy.
   她專心從事慈善事業(yè)。
8. The girl was committed to the care of an aunt.
   這女孩被交給姨母照顧。

com.mit

v.（動詞）
com.mit.ted,com.mit.ting,com.mits
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To do, perform, or perpetrate:
犯：作、實行或犯（罪）：
例句：
commit a murder.
犯謀殺罪

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.
收監(jiān)，收押：置于官方限制或保護，如在精神健康設施
To consign for future use or reference or for preservation:
交付，保管：為將來使用、參考或保存而寄存：
例句：
commit the verse to memory.
將詩句存入腦海中

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

To make known the views of (oneself) on an issue:
表明：使對一個問題的觀點被知道（某人自己）：
例句：
I never commit myself on such issues.
我從未對這些問題表示過意見

To bind or obligate, as by a pledge:
致力于：約束或強制，如經(jīng)由誓言：
例句：
They were committed to follow orders.
他們對命令全力以赴

To refer (a legislative bill, for example) to a committee.
把（例如立法議案）提交委員會
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To pledge or obligate one`s own self:
使負責，使受約束：
例句：
felt that he was too young to commit fully to marriage.
感到他太年輕不能完全承擔結(jié)婚的義務

來源：
Middle English committen
中古英語 committen
from Latin committere
源自 拉丁語 committere
com- [com-]
com- [前綴com-]
mittere [to send]
mittere [呈交]

【引伸】
commit.table
adj.（形容詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>commit,consign,entrust,confide,relegateThese verbs mean to give over to another for a purpose such as care or safekeeping.
這些動詞表示為了一個目的例如照應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 對交給他人來處理有最廣泛的應用和意義：
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:
將軍派由他指揮的部隊去戰(zhàn)斗。 此單詞也能指努力保存或限制：

例句：
I committed the sonata to memory.
我記住了奏鳴曲。

例句：
The patient was committed to the hospital. Toconsign is to transfer to another`s custody or charge:
病人限制在醫(yī)院。 consign 指交由他人保護或負責 ：

例句：
The owner consigned the paintings to a dealer for sale.Entrust and confide stress trust and confidence in another:
所有者將畫委托商人出售。Entrust和 confide 強調(diào)對別人信任和相信：

例句：
The task was too important to be entrusted to a child.
此任務太重要而不能托付給兒童；

例句：
She confided her plans to her family. Torelegate is to assign to a specific and especially an inferior category or position:
她把自己的計劃吐露給家人。 relegate 是分配給一定的和特殊的下級類別和位置：

例句：
Some scientists relegate parapsychology to the sphere of quackery.
一些科學家把靈學歸類到騙術(shù)范圍。