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Mashmellow Posted 20 years ago
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commit
The Howard Government has committed 32 million dollars over eight years to its Discovering Democracy programme to help embed civics and citizenship education in Australian schools. Since 1998, the Government has provided schools with free resource materials and a professional development officer in each State and Territory to help implement the programme.
in this passage, what is the meaning of "committed" ? does it mean "promised" or "funded"? please analyse it in this context or with background knowledge. thank you very much!
in this passage, what is the meaning of "committed" ? does it mean "promised" or "funded"? please analyse it in this context or with background knowledge. thank you very much!
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allot, allocate
- allot, allocate
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Hi,
I would add that there's a strong sense of 'pledge, promise'.
Best wishes, Clive
I would add that there's a strong sense of 'pledge, promise'.
Best wishes, Clive
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i need to translate this passage and i have no right to change it. so should i understand it as " allocate" or "promise"?
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it seems this context is closer to the political will, thus "pledge" would be perhaps the best:
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commit
d (1) : to obligate or bind to take some moral or intellectual
position or course of action <a resolution committing the party to
build 300,000 houses a year -- B.C.L.Keelan>
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d (1) : to obligate or bind to take some moral or intellectual
position or course of action <a resolution committing the party to
build 300,000 houses a year -- B.C.L.Keelan>
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