covenant
英['k?v(?)n?nt]
美['k?v?n?nt]
- n. 契約，盟約；圣約；蓋印合同
- vi. 訂立盟約、契約
- vt. 立約承諾
詞態變化
復數:?covenants;
中文詞源
covenant 合同，協約
co-, 強調。-ven, 來，詞源同venue,convene(開會)。即召集開會后形成的協議，條約。
英文詞源
- covenant
- covenant: [13] The notion of ‘agreement’ in covenant comes originally from a literal ‘coming together’. It was borrowed from Old French covenant, a noun use of the present participle of the verb covenir ‘agree’, which was descended from Latin convenire ‘come together’ (source also of English convene, convenient, convention, convent, and coven). (Modern French has restored the n, giving convenir.)
=> convenient, convent, convention, coven, venue - covenant (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old French covenant "agreement," originally present participle of covenir "agree, meet," from Latin convenire "come together" (see convene). Applied in Scripture to God's arrangements with man as a translation of Latin testamentum, Greek diatheke, both rendering Hebrew berith (though testament also is used for the same word in different places).
- covenant (v.)
- c. 1300, from covenant (n.). Related: Covenanted; covenanting. Covenanter (1638) was used especially in reference to Scottish Presbyterians who signed the Solemn League and Covenant (1643) for the defense and furtherance of their cause.
雙語例句
- 1. God's covenant with Abraham
- 上帝與亞伯拉罕的立約
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. The money was given to us by deed of covenant.
- 這筆錢是根據契約書付給我們的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. When God created man, he entered into a covenant with him.
- 當上帝造人的時候, 祂就與他立了一個“約”(covenant).
來自互聯網
- 4. If you make regular gifts through a covenant we can reclaim the income tax which you have already paid on this money.
- 如果你簽訂契約定期捐贈，那么我們可以要求返還你這筆錢上交的所得稅。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The effect of the statute was to annul this covenant.
- 但州法規廢除了這一契約.
來自英漢非文學 - 環境法 - 環境法