7. Some 200 countries (minus the U.S. and the Vatican) commit to stemming
the loss of nature worldwide. Another critical environmental gathering,
the COP15 Biodiversity Summit in Canada, reached a watershed agreement
pledging to protect nearly one-third of Earth’s land and oceans as a refuge
for the planet’s remaining wild plants and animals by 2030–dubbed “30 by 30.”
This agreement is critical to stemming the massive loss of diversity—about
a million species are at risk of disappearing forever. But it will take
constant grassroots pressure, and significant resources from the wealthier
countries, to put this 30 by 30 goal into practice.
他動詞
1.〔罪などを〕犯す、〔悪事を〕はたらく
Those crimes were committed by the same man. それらの犯罪は同一人物によって犯された。
I have tried to be peacemaker, and I always tell the kids not to commit crimes.
私は調停役でいようとしてきたし、子どもたちにはいつも罪を犯すなと言い聞かせている。
He committed a crime when he was in high school. 彼は高校生の時に罪を犯しました。
2.〔〜を…に〕委ねる、委任する
3.〔〜に〕責任を持つ、〔〜と〕約束する、〔〜を〕誓う、〔〜を〕明言［表明］する
4.〔〜に〕全てをささげる、〔〜に〕全力を傾ける、〔〜に〕最大限の努力を投じる
Jane has committed the whole weekend to studying. ジェーンは週末はずっと勉強していた。
5.〔〜を…に〕収容する
His family involuntarily committed him to the psychiatric hospital.
彼の家族は仕方なく彼を精神科病院に収容しました。
6.〔〜を〕危うくする
7.〔戦闘部隊を〕送る
自動詞
約束する、誓約する
8. The passage of the Respect for Marriage Act. The U.S. Supreme Court
legalized same-sex marriage nationwide in 2015 but the court’s June decision
overturning a right to abortion at the federal level raised concerns that
federal protections for same-sex marriage might be in jeopardy. The Respect
for Marriage Act was passed to address this by guaranteeing federal recognition
of any marriage between two individuals if the union was valid in the state
where it was performed. It won’t force states to issue same-sex marriage
licenses should nationwide marriage equality be overturned by the Supreme
Court but it will extend equality under the law to all same-sex couples, no
matter which state they got married in. It also protects interracial marriages.
