covenant

pronunciation

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  • n.
    协议,协定
    盖印合同
    [法律]契约条款
    [宗教]誓约
  • vi.
    立约,立誓
    订立盟约
    订立契约
  • vt.
    立约承诺
    缔结盟约
    订协定

Word Origin

covenant 合同,协约

co-, 强调。-ven, 来,词源同venue,convene(开会)。即召集开会后形成的协议,条约。

Example

1. That covenant was prime minister rabin 's life 's work .
这个契约是拉宾总理毕生的心血。
2. Real archaeology involves rather more buried rectangles than arks of the covenant .
真正的考古学家更着迷于隐藏的矩形物体而不是圣约里的方舟。
3. Does all this amount to a nation " honouring the covenant " ( as liam fox , the defence secretary , puts it ) and showing living soldiers the respect that wootton bassett accords the dead ?
种种这些是否就是一个国家的“神圣盟约”(如国防部长liamfox所说),让存活的士兵看到woottonbassett让逝者享有的尊严?
4. China has so far signed 18 international agreements on human rights including a covenant on economic , social and cultural rights and a covenant on civil and political rights .
迄今为止,中国已经加入了18项国际人权公约,其中包括《经济社会与文化权利国际公约》和《公民权利与政治权利国际公约》。
5. Only a covenant kept by the rule of the sword can keep man from falling back into his natural state .
只有订立由暴力所保障执行的契约,人类才能免于回到自然状态。

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