commission

1. V-T If you commission something or commission someone to do something, you formally arrange for someone to do a piece of work for you. 委托

The Department of Agriculture commissioned a study into organic farming. 农业部委托了一项有机耕作的研究。

You can commission them to paint something especially for you. 你可以委托他们专门为你画点什么。

2. N-VAR Commission is also a noun. 委托

Our china can be bought off the shelf or by commission. 我们的瓷器可以现货购买或委托定做。

3. N-COUNT A commission is a piece of work that someone is asked to do and is paid for. 委托任务

Just a few days ago, I finished a commission. 就在几天之前我完成了一项委托任务。

4. N-VAR Commission is a sum of money paid to a salesperson for every sale that he or she makes. If a salesperson is paid on commission, the amount they receive depends on the amount they sell. 销售佣金

The salespeople work on commission only. 推销员只拿销售佣金。

5. N-UNCOUNT If a bank or other company charges commission, they charge a fee for providing a service, for example for exchanging money or issuing an insurance policy. 服务费[商业]

Travel agents charge 1 per cent commission on tickets. 旅行社收1%的购票服务费。

6. N-COUNT-COLL A commission is a group of people who have been appointed to find out about something or to control something. 委员会

The government has set up a commission to look into those crimes. 政府已成立一个委员会调查那些罪行。

7. N-COUNT If a member of the armed forces receives a commission, he or she becomes an officer. 任命

He accepted a commission as a naval officer. 他接受了海军军官的任命。