indenture
英 [?n'dent??]
美[?n'd?nt??]
- n. 契约；合同
- vt. 以契约约束
GRETOEFL畅通词汇
词态变化
形容词:?indentured;
中文词源
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。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. She had to sign an indenture to sell herself, because she owed money to the landlord .
- 由于欠地主家的钱，她不得已签了卖身契。
来自辞典例句
- 2. 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.
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- 3. He is indenture to a builder.
- 他与一建筑工人订了师徒合同.
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- 4. Xia zhi xing: please give his indenture and identity card back to him.
- 夏之星: 请你把天骐的卖身契跟身份证还给他.
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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, 私人机构迅速搜查港口的小客栈和乡下地区,来招募契约仆役.
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