com·mit·tee /kəˈmɪti, ||ˌkɑmɪˈti/
 委員會,全體委員


 committee
 委員會


 Com·mit·tee n.  One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together.
 Committee of the whole [house], a committee, embracing all the members present, into which a legislative or deliberative body sometimes resolves itself, for the purpose of considering a particular measure under the operation of different rules from those governing the general legislative proceedings. The committee of the whole has its own chairman, and reports its action in the form of recommendations.
 Standing committee. See under Standing.


 Com·mit·tee n.  Law One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian.

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 committee
      n 1: a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a
           committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours"
           - Milton Berle [syn: commission]
      2: a self-constituted organization to promote something [syn: {citizens
         committee]