■ commitment

这个名词来自动词 commit，大致意义是“承诺”、“坚守”、“义务”、“信念”、“力量或精神的投入”、“努力”，翻译时要看全文灵活处理。

• their commitment to striving for peace他们为和平而努力的义务
• Europe, especially Northern Europe, has made a major commitment to wind power, and they're generating a significant percentage of their power that way. (Newsweek, Oct. 17, 2005, p.46)欧洲，尤其是北欧，已经下了很大力量开发风能，他们的电力已经有很大一个百分比是靠风能发电的。
• Despite the rhetorical concern of Western donor governments, the commitments have been astonishingly stingy. (New York Review of Books, March 14, 2002, p.30)尽管西方各捐赠国的政府口头上表示关心，但是作出的努力却是吝啬得令人吃惊。
• She had frankly confessed to only two affairs, each without emotional commitment and both ultimately disappointing.她坦率地承认自己只谈过两次恋爱，每次在感情上都没有投入，而且两次结果都很失望。
• We should make a national commitment to develop flu vaccine technology fit for the 21st century. (US News & World Report, Feb. 9, 2004, p.61)我们必须全国大力发展适合 21 世纪的流感疫苗技术。
• What sort of commitments is the administration prepared to make to restore stability to Iraq and the region?政府准备作出怎么样的努力来恢复伊拉克和这个地区的稳定？
• He may have to miss the debate to honor his commitment.他可能不得不错过这次辩论，以免爽约。
• Yet even for those not keen on spy stories, this movie is worth the commitment.即使是那些对间谍故事不感兴趣的人，这部片子也值得一看。