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covenant

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n.契约,盟约 v.缔结(盟约),立约

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动词过去式:covenanted 过去分词:covenanted 现在分词:covenanting 第三人称单数:covenants 副词:covenantally 形容词:covenantal

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/'kʌvənənt; `kʌvənənt/
n
1 (law 律) formal agreement that is legally binding (有法律约束力的)协议, 盟约, 公约.
2 formal promise to pay money regularly to a charity, trust(5), etc (向慈善事业、信托基金会等定期捐款的)契约.

v [Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr, Tf, Tt] ~ for sth; ~ sth (to/with sb) promise or agree to (sth) under the terms of a covenant 立约承诺或同意(某事物)
*I've covenanted (for) 100/covenanted (with them) to pay/that I'll pay
100 a year. 我立约承诺每年捐款100英镑.

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n[C]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: covenir 'to agree', from Latin convenire; CONVENIENT]
a legal agreement in which someone promises to pay a person or organization an amount of money regularly
endowment
>covenantv [I and T]
 He covenanted to pay £30 a month into the fund.