把一個人或一副身體交出去
這一組交出去的是實體：一個活人，或一位已故的人。都是正式場合，都有一個明確的交付時刻。
noun · C2
The act of a court officially sending someone to a prison or to a mental hospital, or the legal order that does this.
（法院的）收押、強制送醫
核心畫面
One way to hold this word: something is handed over into someone else's keeping, and the hands that gave it do not take it back. A court hands a person over to a prison or a hospital. A family hands a body over to the ground or the fire. A speaker hands over their own position in a sentence that can later be quoted against them. In every case there is a moment of release, and after it the thing given is out of the giver's control.
可以想成：有樣東西被交到別人手上，而交出去的手不再收回來。法院把一個人交給監獄或醫院。家屬把遺體交給土地或交給火。一…更多收起
可以想成：有樣東西被交到別人手上，而交出去的手不再收回來。法院把一個人交給監獄或醫院。家屬把遺體交給土地或交給火。一個人把自己的立場交進一句話裡，以後可能被拿出來對照。三種情況都有同一個瞬間：放手。放手之後，交出去的那樣東西就不再由原本的人說了算。From the word’s history
From the verb commit (Middle English committen, from Latin committō, from con- 'together' + mittō 'send'), plus the suffix -al which turns a verb into a noun. The old picture inside it is sending something over into another's keeping.
來自動詞 commit（中古英文 committen，源自拉丁文 committō，由 con-「一起」加 mittō「送」組成），再加上把動詞變名詞的字尾 -al。字面裡的老畫面就是「把東西送到別人手上」。
Wiktionary entry for committal (packet etymology_text tree): Latin committō < con- + mittō; Middle English committen > English commit; suffix from Latin -ālis via Old French -al.
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