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.
  1. ...the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
     《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》
• 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.
  1. 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。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 pledge

双语例句

• Many listed and unlisted companies need to sell to address covenants.
  许多上市公司和非上市公司需要出售手中资产，以满足借贷契约的要求。
• What are the two major covenants of Scripture?
  什么是圣经的两个主要的约？
• These covenants will provide customers with confidence that the Xandros technologies they use and deploy in their environments are compliant with Microsoft's intellectual property.
  这些承诺将让客户信赖Xandros，在他们IT环境中使用和部署的技术并不会侵犯到Microsoft的知识产权。
• 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。
• 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。
• He will give his Lord whatever promises and covenants Allah will demand.
  他会为他的主什么承诺和公约，真主会的需求。
• It is thus that God covenants with us in Christ.
  因此，它是神盟约，与我们在基督里。
• And great were the covenants of the Lord which he made unto Joseph.
  主和约瑟所立的圣约是多么的伟大。
• 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。
• Failure to monitor exposes investors to agency costs, this is, the risk that the firm's owners or managers will take actions with the saver's money contrary to the promises contained in the covenants of its securities contracts.
  监管失利就会给投资人造成代理损失，就是由于公司所有者或管理者采取违背债权人购买债券所签订的合同中所列条款的行为给债权人投资资金所带来的风险。