A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.
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n. 委员会;
💡 com共同+mitt=mit送，放出+ee表人 → commit共同送出=委托+ee表人 → 委员会
"The committee will need time to assimilate this report."
委员会需要时间来吃透这个报告。
近义：retinue, escort, assembly, association, meeting, procession
adv. （坐、倒、躺）下;向下;（表示范围或顺序的限度）下至;
prep. （从高处）向下;（表示位置）在…的下方;（表示方向）沿着…向下;（表示时间）自…以来;
adj. 向下的;沮丧的;计算机或计算机系统停机;（以…）落后于对手的;
n. （鸟的）绒羽;绒毛;软毛;汗毛;
vt. 放下;（尤指大口或快速地）喝下;使摔倒;击落（敌机等）;
vi. [常用于祈使句中]下去;下来;卧倒;下降;
💡 音“铛”，铛的一声向下 落
"Calm down! Don't get so agitated."
冷静下来！别那么激动。
近义：lint, fluff, fuzz, ingurgitate, quaff, swallow
反义：above, overhead, upstairs, upward, upwards, aloft
adv. 平静地;静止地;轻声地;在暗中;
"She was still quietly simmering from her row with Nathan."
在和内森争吵之后她心里还窝着火.
近义：noiselessly, silently, softly, soundlessly, stealthily, surreptitiously
反义：loudly, riotously, smash, uproariously, vociferously, obstreperously