indenture
英 [?n'dent??]
美[?n'd?nt??]
- n. 契約；合同
- vt. 以契約約束
GRETOEFL暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
形容詞:?indentured;
中文詞源
indenture 師徒契約
來自indent,咬合，-ure,名詞后綴。因古代師徒契約寫于兩張鋸齒狀凹痕的契約紙上而得名。
英文詞源
- indenture (n.)
- "contract for services," late 14c., from Anglo-French endenture, Old French endenteure "indentation," from endenter (see indent). Such contracts (especially between master craftsmen and apprentices) were written in full identical versions on a sheet of parchment, which was then cut apart in a zigzag, or "notched" line. Each party took one, and the genuineness of a document of indenture could be proved by juxtaposition with its counterpart. As a verb, 1650s, from the noun.
雙語例句
- 1. She had to sign an indenture to sell herself, because she owed money to the landlord .
- 由于欠地主家的錢，她不得已簽了賣身契。
來自辭典例句
- 2. To bind into the service of another by indenture.
- 以契約約束按契約的規(guī)定為另一方服務.
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- 3. He is indenture to a builder.
- 他與一建筑工人訂了師徒合同.
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- 4. Xia zhi xing: please give his indenture and identity card back to him.
- 夏之星: 請你把天騏的賣身契跟身份證還給他.
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- 5. Soon thereafter, private agents scoured the ports taverns, and countryside to sign on workers for indenture.
- 此后不久, 私人機構迅速搜查港口的小客棧和鄉(xiāng)下地區(qū),來招募契約仆役.
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