covenant

/'kʌvәnәnt/ uk　 词频 #11267

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covenant 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 契约, 盟约

v. 立契约, 缔结盟约

英文释义

n. a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action

n. (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return

v. enter into a covenant

v. enter into a covenant or formal agreement

covenant 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 covenant 在自然语境里怎么用：

In 1935, Roosevelt’s Social Security Act changed the covenant between the American people and the state.

—— Masterpieces of the New Deal

The old covenant is rewritten as a curse, with Jewish suffering cast as deserved punishment.

—— St. Paul Remade Human History. How Did He Do It?

It was followed by a similar statement issued by Hezbollah, urging caution amid Israel’s history of “breaking covenants and agreements”.

—— Middle East crisis live: UN chief calls for Israel-Lebanon ceasefire to be ‘fully’ respected as it comes into effect

SCHMITZ: And no, it's not about "Indiana Jones." It actually predates the Ark of the Covenant by thousands of years.

—— German researchers set right the story of a 9,000-year-old shaman's grave

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