pact

n. 协定；公约；条约；契约

中文词源

pact 条约，协议

来自拉丁语pactum,协议，合同，条约，来自PIE*pag,固定，词源同page,compact.

pact: pact: see compact
pact (n.): early 15c., from Old French pacte "agreement, treaty, compact" (14c.), from Latin pactum "agreement, contract, covenant," noun use of neuter past participle of pacisci "to covenant, to agree, make a treaty," from PIE root *pag- "fix, join together, unite, make firm" (cognates: Sanskrit pasa- "cord, rope," Avestan pas- "to fetter," Greek pegnynai "to fix, make firm, fast or solid," Latin pangere "to fix, to fasten," Slavonic paž "wooden partition," Old English fegan "to join," fon "to catch seize").

1、pact- => pact.2、含义：agreement, contract, covenant.3. compact => pact.

1. A non-aggression pact will be signed between the two countries.: 两国将签署互不侵犯条约。

2. Police refused to say if the couple died in a suicide pact.: 警察拒绝回答这对夫妇是否是一起自杀的。

3. He says this contract should not be patterned after the Deere pact.: 他说这个合同不应该模仿《迪尔协定》。

4. Last month he signed a new non-aggression pact with Germany.: 上个月，他与德国签订了新的互不侵犯条约。

5. The Auto Pact yoked Ontario into the United States economy.: 《汽车协定》强行将安大略纳入了美国的经济体系中。