covenants
英 [ˈkʌvənənts]
美 [ˈkʌvənənts]
n. 承诺; 合同; 协约; (尤指定期付款的)契约
v. 立约，立誓; 订立盟约; 订立契约; 立约承诺; 缔结盟约; 订协定
covenant的第三人称单数和复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (受法律约束的)协约，契约，合同
Acovenantis a formal written agreement between two or more people or groups of people which is recognized in law.- ...the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》
- ...the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- N-COUNT (定期付款的)书面承诺;(尤指向慈善机构定期捐款的)契约
Acovenantis a formal written promise to pay a sum of money each year for a fixed period, especially to a charity.- If you make regular gifts through a covenant we can reclaim the income tax which you have already paid on this money.
如果你签订契约定期捐赠，那么我们可以要求返还你这笔钱上交的所得税。
- If you make regular gifts through a covenant we can reclaim the income tax which you have already paid on this money.
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 pledge
双语例句
- For instance, onshore renminbi bond documents contain virtually no covenants.
穆迪表示，例如，在岸人民币债券文件几乎不包含任何保证条款。 - Of course lenders demand security, financial information, board minutes, adherence to covenants and so forth.
当然，银行会采取要求借款人提供抵押品、财务信息和董事会备忘录并遵守协议等措施。 - No party shall be liable or bound to any other in any manner by any representations, warranties, covenants and agreements except as specifically set forth herein and therein.
各方不因任何声明、保证、协约以及协议以任何形式对其他方负责或受其束缚，在此明确阐明的除外。 - Now this is an allegory, these women are two covenants.
这都是比方，那两个妇人就是两个约。 - Such covenants restrict the risky nature of projects that a firm's management can undertake.
这些条款严格限制了公司管理部门在做方案时可能遇到的风险性。 - They are neither to be prevented from repairing them nor the sacredness of their covenants.
他们既不会被阻止去修补他们的教堂，也不会被阻止尊重他们的圣约。 - The freeze called into question the validity of debt covenants and the ability of creditors to claim collateral used to secure loans to Russian companies.
这一裁定令人对债务契约的有效性和债权人为向俄罗斯公司提供的贷款要求担保的能力产生了疑问。 - And as it is not a natural right, it must be one founded on covenants.
这并非自然的权利，必须建立在契约的基础上。 - That you were at that time apart from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
那时，你们在基督以外，和以色列国民隔绝，在所应许的诸约上是局外人，在世上没有指望，没有神。 - What are the two major covenants of Scripture?
什么是圣经的两个主要的约？