commitment

柯林斯詞典

1. N-UNCOUNT Commitment is a strong belief in an idea or system. 信奉
...commitment to the ideals of democracy. …對(duì)民主理想的信奉。
2. N-COUNT A commitment is something which regularly takes up some of your time because of an agreement you have made or because of responsibilities that you have. 投身的事
I've got a lot of commitments. 我有很多要做的事。
3. N-COUNT If you make a commitment to do something, you promise that you will do it. 承諾
We made a commitment to keep working together. 我們作了承諾要繼續(xù)在一起工作。
4. N-VAR Commitment is the process of officially sending someone to a prison or a hospital. 送交 (監(jiān)獄、醫(yī)院)[美國(guó)英語(yǔ)]

The government yesterday reaffirmed its commitment to the current peace process .
Marriage is no longer always seen as a lifetime commitment.
She had a lifelong commitment to feminism .
In spite of the scale of the famine , the relief workers struggled on with dauntless optimism and commitment.
You're young and healthy and you have no commitments - you can do whatever you want .