[ɪn'dentʃə(r)][ɪn'dentʃər]
  • n. 契约;合同;锯齿状的边缘;凹的部分
  • (复数)indentures:师徒契约; 定期服务合同.
  • vt. 以契约束缚
  • 记忆方法

    词根词缀法
    in 使… + dent 牙齿 + ure 与行为有关的物 → 原指古代师徒间分割成锯齿状的契约 → 契约
    词源记忆法
    词源词根法:英语单词indenture由in+dent(齿)+ure(名词后缀)构成,表示契约。契约和齿有什么关系呢?原来,在中世纪,人们在签订契约时,往往会把两份内容相同的契约写在同一张羊皮纸上,然后在中间以锯齿状边缘分割开,双方各持一份。以后需要比对契约真伪,只需要查看两份契约的锯齿边缘能否对上即可。这种以锯齿状边缘分割的契约就被称为indenture。现在虽然不再这么做了,但这个词却保留了下来。
      verb(动词)
      1. 签订契约(尤指做学徒)

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. 签订契约(尤指做学徒)

      He was indentured to a carpenter.

      他签订契约成了木匠的学徒。

      The land was worked on by indentured servants.

      这块土地是由契约工人耕种的。

    小知识

    An indenture is a formal legal agreement. Many earned passage to the British colonies by indenturing, or selling, themselves to a master for a period of seven years–-they were called indentured laborers.

    Indenture can describe what you owe to someone else. If you promised your friend you would take her shopping for a prom dress, you might fulfill your indenture over the course of three trips to the mall. A detention is an indenture of a kind––for your crime, you owe time.

    实用短语

    1. bond indenture

    2. trust indenture act

      信托契约法,年信托契约法,信托契据法,详细翻译

    3. indenture trustee

      契约受托人,信托受托人,契约托管人,契约受托管理人

    4. trust indenture

    5. indenture system

      契约制,合同制

    6. indenture level of maintenance

      维修层次,详细翻译

    7. indenture level

      维修约定级,约定层次,维修商定级,维修层次

    8. price indenture

      基于协商下的价格约定

    9. tripartite indenture

      三联合同,三方合同,详细翻译,

    词根词缀

    词根: dent

    =tooth,表示”牙齿,凹”

    • adj.

      edentate [动]无齿的, 贫齿类的

      e出,无+dent牙齿,凹+ate表形容词,也可表示名词→无齿的

      indented 锯齿状的

      in进入+dent牙齿,凹+ed……的→进入牙齿状→锯齿状的

    • n.

      edentate 无齿类动物

      e出,无+dent牙齿,凹+ate表形容词,也可表示名词→无齿的

      dent 缺口,凹痕

      dent牙齿,凹→像牙齿咬的痕迹

      dentist 牙医

      dent牙齿,凹+ist人→n.牙医

      denture 假牙

      dent牙齿,凹+ture表名词→n.假牙

      indenture 契约,合同

      in进入+dent牙齿,凹+ure表名词→古代契约锯成锯齿状,一分为二,一人一半

    • v.

      dent 弄凹

      dent牙齿,凹→像牙齿咬的痕迹

    同义词

    同根词

    词根:indent

    adj.

    indented犬牙交错的;受契约约束的;缩进排印的

    indentured受契约束缚的

    n.

    indent缩进;订货单;凹痕;契约

    v.

    indented缩进;切割成锯齿状(indent的过去分词)

    indentured以契约约束;签订契约(indenture的过去分词)

    vi.

    indent切割成锯齿状

    vt.

    indent定货;缩排;印凹痕