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commit + crime/offence/sin
He committed a serious crime.
他犯了一项严重的罪行。
犯（罪、错）；干（坏事）
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
犯（罪、错）；干（坏事）
to do something harmful or illegal
He committed a serious crime.
他犯了一项严重的罪行。
常与 crime、sin、mistake 等搭配
委托；交付；托付
To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
监禁；关押
To imprison: to forcibly place in a jail.
强制送医治疗,尤指因疑似精神疾病
To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical facility, particularly for presumed mental illness.
犯(错误、罪行等)；干(坏事)
To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
commit
Base
原形
commits
3rd person
第三人称单数
committing
-ing
现在分词
committed
Past
过去式
committed
Past participle
过去分词
He commits a crime.
他犯下罪行。
She is committing herself to the project.
她正在致力于这个项目。
They committed the patient to the hospital.
他们把病人送进了医院。
规则动词，双写t加-ed/-ing
He committed a serious crime.
他犯下了严重的罪行。
The doctor committed the patient to a mental hospital.
医生把病人送进了精神病院。
She committed herself to finishing the project on time.
她承诺按时完成项目。
He committed a serious crime.
他犯了一项严重的罪行。
She committed to finishing the project on time.
她承诺按时完成这个项目。
The doctor committed the patient to a mental hospital.
医生将病人送进了精神病院。
Not this
He committed a mistake.
Use this
He made a mistake.
动词 'commit' 通常用于严重犯罪或任务（如 commit a crime/commit suicide），而较小的错误应用 'make'（make a mistake）。
Not this
I committed myself in the project.
Use this
I committed myself to the project.
动词短语 'commit oneself to' 意为全身心投入，介词必须用 'to'，而不是 'in'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
犯下罪行
He committed a serious crime and was sentenced to prison.
他犯下了严重罪行，被判入狱。
自杀
The patient committed suicide despite the doctors' efforts.
尽管医生努力，病人还是自杀了。
致力于；承诺
She committed to finishing the project on time.
她承诺按时完成项目。
犯谋杀罪
The suspect was charged with committing murder.
嫌疑犯被控犯谋杀罪。
投入资源
The company committed more resources to research and development.
公司向研发投入了更多资源。
承诺；表态
He committed himself to helping the poor.
他承诺帮助穷人。
牢记
She committed the poem to memory for the recital.
她为了朗诵会牢记了那首诗。
写在纸上
He committed his thoughts to paper before the meeting.
他在会议前把自己的想法写在了纸上。
承诺；投入
You need to commit yourself to the project if you want it to succeed.
如果你想让项目成功，你就需要全身心投入。
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将 commit 联想为 'come it' 的谐音，意为'来干'，即去做、去犯罪。
通常用于正式或半正式场合，多指做坏事或犯罪，如'commit a crime'。在一般口语中也常见，但偏向正式。
常用于 commit a crime（犯罪）、commit suicide（自杀）、commit to（承诺）等搭配。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.