covenant
美音:
[´kʌvənənt
]英音:
[´kʌvənənt
]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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covenant
/'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.
covenant
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.