A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.
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n. 委員會;
?? com共同+mitt=mit送，放出+ee表人 → commit共同送出=委托+ee表人 → 委員會
"The committee will need time to assimilate this report."
委員會需要時間來吃透這個報告。
近義：retinue, escort, assembly, association, meeting, procession
adv. （坐、倒、躺）下;向下;（表示范圍或順序的限度）下至;
prep. （從高處）向下;（表示位置）在…的下方;（表示方向）沿著…向下;（表示時間）自…以來;
adj. 向下的;沮喪的;計算機或計算機系統停機;（以…）落后于對手的;
n. （鳥的）絨羽;絨毛;軟毛;汗毛;
vt. 放下;（尤指大口或快速地）喝下;使摔倒;擊落（敵機等）;
vi. [常用于祈使句中]下去;下來;臥倒;下降;
?? 音“鐺”，鐺的一聲向下 落
"Calm down! Don't get so agitated."
冷靜下來！別那么激動。
近義：lint, fluff, fuzz, ingurgitate, quaff, swallow
反義：above, overhead, upstairs, upward, upwards, aloft
adv. 平靜地;靜止地;輕聲地;在暗中;
"She was still quietly simmering from her row with Nathan."
在和內森爭吵之后她心里還窩著火.
近義：noiselessly, silently, softly, soundlessly, stealthily, surreptitiously
反義：loudly, riotously, smash, uproariously, vociferously, obstreperously