indenture

英 [ɪnˈdentʃə(r)]

美 [ɪnˈdentʃər]

n.  (旧时的)师徒契约
v.  使签约为学徒（或劳工

复数：indentures　过去式：indentured　过去分词：indentured　第三人称单数：indentures　现在分词：indenturing　

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BNC.26877 / COCA.32727

牛津词典

noun

• （旧时的）师徒契约
  a type of contract in the past that forced a servant or apprentice to work for their employer for a particular period of time

英英释义

noun

• the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
  Synonym:indentationindentionindent
• a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
• formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
• a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
  Synonym:indentation

verb

• bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
  1. an indentured servant
  Synonym:indent

双语例句

• The reason military indenture developed into an independent form of military service had a profound historical background.
  军事合同制之所以能够发展成为一种独立的军役形式，是有其深刻的历史背景的。
• The indenture contract was device that enabled people to pay for their passage to America by selling their labor to someone in the New World for a specified period of time.
  契约是使人们以向新大陆的某个雇主在一段时间里出卖劳动力的方式来支付其赴美旅费的手段。
• As for the future, each of them should enter into an indenture with the accounting standards board, promising strict observance of professional standards.
  至于以后，它们每个都应该与会计标准委员会签订合同，保证严格遵守职业标准。
• Based on the theory of enterprise indenture, the writer will study the indenture management of enterprise group from theoretic and quantitative method in this paper.
  本文以企业契约理论为切入点，从理论和量化方法两个方面研究企业集团契约化管理。
• By use of indentation cracks, determine the crack length that will result in strength decreased, at the same time, analysis the relationship of indenture load and crack length and depth.
  在玻璃表面引入不同尺寸的裂纹，比较压头荷载与裂纹长度和深度的关系，分析引起强度破坏性衰减的裂纹尺寸。
• Finally, higher education institutions have established quality indenture relationship.
  高职院校与企业界形成质量契约关系。
• The foreign oil-gas tax-fee is made up of rental model and indenture system, and the article comparatively analyzes the two modes and the tax of typical countries.
  国外油气税费模式可以划分为租让制与合同制两种，并就两种模式特征及典型国家的税费制度进行比较分析。
• The Spirit of Adventure is something to indenture.
  冒险精神就是契约。
• 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。
• Technical Analysis of the Design of Indenture for Convertible Bonds
  可转换债券发行条件设计的技术分析