indenture
发音
英 [ɪnˈdentʃə(r)]
美 [ɪnˈdɛntʃɚ]
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- n.
- 契约
- 合同
- 正式凭单
- 文据
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- vt.
- <史>以契约束缚（学徒）
单词词源
indenture 师徒契约
来自indent,咬合，-ure,名词后缀。因古代师徒契约写于两张锯齿状凹痕的契约纸上而得名。
双语例句
- 1. To bind into the service of another by indenture .
- 以契约约束按契约的规定为另一方服务。
- 2. People own bonds without reading the indenture .
- 债券持有人并不去阅读契约.
- 3. Even though mary 's stories were full of contradictions , after the government promised to free her from indenture , she told them what they wanted to hear : that the fires were part of a " negro plot . "
- 尽管mary的供词满是前后矛盾之处，但在政府承诺可以为她解除契约之后，她按照他们期待的方式“招供”了：大火确实是“黑奴阴谋”的一部分。
- 4. In an effort to provide additional protection for bondholders , congress passed the trust indenture act of 1939 .
- 为努力实现对债券持有者的额外保护,国会在1939年通过了信托契约法.
- 5. Indenture servants refer to some immigrants who has to work for a fixed term for their masters to repay the cross-atlantic fare and debts .
- 契约佣工，指一些移民必须要在一个限定的时期里为他们的雇主工作来偿还他们横渡大西洋的费用和债务。