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committal to [place]
committal to 后接收押地点，如 prison（监狱）或 psychiatric hospital（精神病院）。
The judge ordered his committal to a psychiatric hospital.
法官下令将他送入精神病院。
收押；收监
committals — plural of committal
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收押；收监
the official act of sending someone to prison or a mental hospital
The judge ordered his committal to a psychiatric hospital.
法官下令将他送入精神病院。
多指依法将人关进监狱或精神病院
委托；交由他人保管的行为。
The act of entrusting something to someone.
收监行为；监禁令。
The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
犯罪的行为；犯下罪行。
The act of perpetrating an offence.
安葬或火化遗体的行为。
The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.
The judge signed the order for the committal of the accused.
法官签署了收押被告的命令。
The lawyer argued that the committal was unlawful because the evidence was weak.
律师争辩说，这次收押不合法，因为证据不足。
The annual report listed all committals to the local prison.
年度报告列出了所有收押到当地监狱的记录。
committal to 后接收押地点，如 prison（监狱）或 psychiatric hospital（精神病院）。
The judge ordered his committal to a psychiatric hospital.
法官下令将他送入精神病院。
这里的 committal 相当于 commission，指犯下罪行。
The committal of the crime was captured on camera.
犯罪行为的实施过程被摄像头拍了下来。
Not this
She is very committal to her job.
Use this
She is very committed to her job.
committal 是名词，指“收押、交付审判”等法律行为，不能作形容词表示“尽职的；投入的”。表达“对工作投入/尽责”应用形容词 committed。
Not this
His committal to the project is impressive.
Use this
His commitment to the project is impressive.
committal 不表示“承诺、投入”这一抽象概念；表示“对事业的奉献/承诺”要用 commitment。二者虽同源于 commit，但词义和搭配不同。
Not this
The judge ordered his committal in prison.
Use this
The judge ordered his committal to prison.
committal 表示“送交（监狱或精神病院）”时，搭配介词 to，即 committal to prison；用 in 表示“在监狱里”，与“收押入狱”的意思不符。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
交付审判程序
The case will go through committal proceedings at the magistrates' court.
此案将在治安法院进行交付审判程序。
交付审判
He was held in custody pending committal for trial.
他被羁押候审，等待交付审判。
交付审判听证会
The committal hearing was adjourned until next month.
交付审判听证会延期至下个月。
收监令
The judge issued a committal order.
法官签发了收监令。
收监入狱
Failure to pay the fine can lead to committal to prison.
不缴纳罚款可能被收监入狱。
Use committals naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记住commit（犯/送）变名词：犯下罪行或把人送进监狱，都是committal。
语域：formal 常见场景：法律文书、法庭程序、正式新闻报道 committal 多用于正式或法律语境，常指将某人送进监狱或精神病院的官方行为；作“犯罪（行为）”解时也较正式，日常口语中很少使用。
Rhymes with committal: acquittal, transmittal, submittal, and noncommittal all share the stressed /mɪtəl/ sound. Capital and hospital end in -ital and have the same final /təl/, but their stress falls on the first syllable, so they do not rhyme with committal.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.