• n. 契约；合同
• vt. 以契约约束

来自indent,咬合，-ure,名词后缀。因古代师徒契约写于两张锯齿状凹痕的契约纸上而得名。

indenture (n.)

"contract for services," late 14c., from Anglo-French endenture, Old French endenteure "indentation," from endenter (see indent). Such contracts (especially between master craftsmen and apprentices) were written in full identical versions on a sheet of parchment, which was then cut apart in a zigzag, or "notched" line. Each party took one, and the genuineness of a document of indenture could be proved by juxtaposition with its counterpart. As a verb, 1650s, from the noun.

1. 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。

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2. To bind into the service of another by indenture.

以契约约束按契约的规定为另一方服务.

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3. He is indenture to a builder.

他与一建筑工人订了师徒合同.

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4. Xia zhi xing: please give his indenture and identity card back to him.

夏之星: 请你把天骐的卖身契跟身份证还给他.

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5. Soon thereafter, private agents scoured the ports taverns, and countryside to sign on workers for indenture.

此后不久, 私人机构迅速搜查港口的小客栈和乡下地区,来招募契约仆役.

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