A subcommittee is a small group taken out of a larger committee and given one narrow job to do. A committee of thirty people cannot examine a budget line by line, so it appoints six of its members as a subcommittee to do that work and report back. The subcommittee usually does not have final power: it studies, drafts, and recommends, and the full committee decides.

A subcommitteesubcommittee is a small group是一個小團體，taken out of a larger committee從一個比較大的委員會裡分出來的，and given one narrow job to do專門負責一件範圍很小的工作。A committee of thirty people一個三十人的委員會 cannot examine a budget line by line沒辦法逐條逐項審查預算，so it appoints six of its members所以會指派其中六個成員 as a subcommittee組成一個subcommittee，to do that work and report back去做那項工作，然後回報結果。The subcommittee這個subcommittee usually does not have final power通常沒有最終決定權：it studies, drafts, and recommends它負責研究、起草、提出建議，and the full committee decides最後由整個委員會來決定。

The word belongs to formal organised life — parliaments, city councils, schools, companies, professional bodies, university departments. In the United States, congressional subcommittees are powerful and often in the news, so American political reporting uses the word constantly. In Taiwan you will meet it in business English, in international-organisation reading passages, and in TOEIC-style listening about meetings.

The word belongs to formal organised life這個字屬於比較正式、有組織的場合——parliaments, city councils, schools, companies, professional bodies, university departments像國會、市議會、學校、公司、專業團體、大學系所。In the United States在美國，congressional subcommittees are powerful國會裡的subcommittee很有權力，and often in the news也常常上新聞，so American political reporting uses the word constantly所以美國的政治報導很常用這個字。In Taiwan在台灣，you will meet it你會在 in business English商用英文、in international-organisation reading passages講國際組織的閱讀文章、and in TOEIC-style listening about meetings還有TOEIC那種講會議的聽力題裡遇到它。

It is countable: a subcommittee, two subcommittees. It takes of or on for its topic — a subcommittee on housing, the finance subcommittee.

It is countable這是可數名詞：a subcommittee, two subcommitteesa subcommittee、two subcommittees。It takes of or on for its topic講主題時搭配的介系詞是of或on：a subcommittee on housing像a subcommittee on housing（住宅小組委員會）、the finance subcommitteethe finance subcommittee（財政小組委員會）。

Like committee, it can take a singular or plural verb in British English ("the subcommittee have agreed"), while American English keeps it singular. Written as one word, no hyphen.

Like committee跟committee一樣，it can take a singular or plural verb in British English在英式英語裡動詞可以用單數或複數 ("the subcommittee have agreed")（像「the subcommittee have agreed」），while American English keeps it singular美式英語則一律用單數。Written as one word寫成一個字，no hyphen中間不用連字號。