We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a *part* of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a *part* of Europe.
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adj. 坚固的，坚牢的;坚定的，坚决的;严格的;确定的;
vt.& vi. 使坚固;使坚实;
n. 商号，商行;公司;企业;工作集体;
adv. 坚定地，稳固地;
vt. 使坚定，使牢固;
vi. 变坚实，变稳固;
💡 firm =firm,表示”坚定,坚固”
"The company has now amalgamated with another local firm."
这家公司现在已与当地一家公司合并了。
近义：office, bureau, business, company, concern, corporation
反义：astable, astatic, precarious, unsettled, unsteady, wobbly
n. 承诺，许诺;委任，委托;致力，献身;承担义务;
💡 com 共同 + mit 送，放出 + ment表示行为、行为的过程或结果 → n. 信奉,献身;承担的义务;承诺,许诺,保证
"Both sides affirmed their commitment to the ceasefire."
双方均申明答应停火。
近义：ideal, intent, intention, aspiration, mark, meaning
n. 部分;零件;参加;地区;
vt. 使分裂;拆移;使分开;
vi. 分开;分离;分岔;
adv. 不完全地，部分地;
adj. 不完全的，部分的;
"The first part of the plan has been safely accomplished."
计划的第一部分已顺利完成。
近义：section, segment, split, divide, fragment, secede
反义：whole, entirety, off, outright, plumb, quite
NATO
['neitəʊ]
abbr. no action—talk only 只说不做，君子动口不动手;
"the former Secretary General of NATO"
北约前任秘书长
n. 欧洲;欧盟;（除英国以外的）全欧洲;除英国外的欧洲国家;
"Travelling in Europe was something of an anticlimax after the years he'd spent in Africa."
他在非洲生活了多年，到欧洲旅行真是有点太平淡了。