commission
- IPA[kəˈmɪʃn]
英式
- an instruction, command, or role given to a person or group；an order for something, especially a work of art, to be produced specially
- order or authorize the production of (something)；order or authorize (a person or organization) to do or produce something
verb: commission, 3rd person present: commissions, gerund or present participle: commissioning, past tense: commissioned, past participle: commissioned
noun: commission, plural noun: commissions
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. an instruction, command, or role given to a person or group one of his first commissions was to redesign the Great Exhibition building he received a commission to act as an informer 同義詞
- ▪ an order for something, especially a work of art, to be produced specially Mozart at last received a commission to write an opera
- ▪ a work produced in response to a commission in that year Zeuxis painted his most famous commission
- ▪ archaic the authority to perform a task or certain duties the divine Commission of Christ 同義詞
- 2. a group of people entrusted by a government or other official body with authority to do something a commission was appointed to investigate the allegations 同義詞
- 3. a sum, typically a set percentage of the value involved, paid to an agent in a commercial transaction foreign banks may charge a commission he sold cosmetics on commission 同義詞
- 4. a warrant conferring the rank of officer in an army, navy, or air force he has resigned his commission she intended to apply for a commission in the army
- 5. the action of committing a crime or offence the commission of an arrestable offence the errors are of omission rather than commission 同義詞
動詞
- 1. order or authorize the production of (something) the portrait was commissioned by his widow in 1792 同義詞
- ▪ order or authorize (a person or organization) to do or produce something they commissioned an architect to manage the building project he was commissioned to do a series of drawings 同義詞
- 2. bring (something newly produced) into working condition we had a few hiccups getting the heating equipment commissioned the aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1945
- 3. appoint (someone) to the rank of officer in an army, navy, or air force he was commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers
