But a poll,commissioned by the American Red Cross, indicates 20 percent of Americans plan to reduce their charitable contributions.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

It's nearly always commissioned by the king to be performed at court before a private audience of select nobility, it's commissioned by an aristocratic family to be performed at the aristocratic family's estate to honor or to celebrate a specific occasion.

它几乎是由国王指派,去庭院表演给一部分贵族的，它是由一个贵族家庭指派,在贵族家族的房子里表演,是去庆祝一个特定场合的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The report commissioned by the U.N.Human Rights Council found that both sides committed serious human rights violations and violations of international humanitarian law.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

The report was commissioned by the French government. The report recommends shifting the ways policymakers look at progress from what economists call gross domestic product,or GDP, which is a general measure of goods and services produced in a country.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14