covenant
covenant 英 [ˈkʌvənənt] 美 [ˈkʌvənənt]
n. 契约，盟约；圣约；盖印合同 vi. 订立盟约、契约 vt. 立约承诺
进行时:covenanting 过去式:covenanted 过去分词:covenanted 第三人称单数:covenants 名词复数:covenants
- A covenant is an agreement between two people, or companies, or even countries. It is formal, solemn, sometimes even sacred.
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- n. 契约，盟约；圣约；盖印合同
- vi. 订立盟约、契约
- vt. 立约承诺
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1. The ark itself contained the tablets of the covenant.
方舟本身包含着写有契约的便笺。
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2. So for this reason, All alien practices are to be removed from the covenant community.
由于这个原因，所有异族习俗都被从这个契约团体中移除。
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3. Some say marriage is meant for a man and women only. A covenant between the two until death, or eternity for others.
有些人说婚姻意味着只有一男一女，是一份两人之间至死不渝，或者永恒为他的契约。
- covenant (n.) c. 1300, covenaunt, "mutual compact to do or not do something, a contract," from Old French covenant, convenant "agreement, pact, promise" (12c.), originally present participle of covenir "agree, meet," from Latin convenire "come together, unite; be suitable, agree," from com- "together" (see com-) + venire "to come," from a suffixed form of PIE root *gwa- "to go, come."
- covenant (v.) "to enter into a formal agreement or contract," c. 1300, from covenant (n.). Related: Covenanted; covenanting. Also see covenanter.
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