pacts

英 [pækts]

美 [pækts]

n.  条约; 协议; 公约
pact的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 协定；契约；盟约；条约
  Apactis a formal agreement between two or more people, organizations, or governments to do a particular thing or to help each other.
  1. 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。
  2. The other two opposition parties cannot agree on an electoral pact between themselves.
     另外两个反对党之间无法就选举达成协议。

双语例句

• Negotiating new pacts has proved difficult.
  事实证明，谈判达成新的贸易协定可谓困难重重。
• Presidents have relied on their fast-track Trade Promotion Authority ( TPA) to negotiate pacts that Congress can ratify or reject but not amend.
  美国总统一直以来倚仗他们的“快车道/贸易促进权”来和国会就贸易协定展开斡旋，国会要么批准，要么否决，但不能修改贸易协定。
• Minority shareholders can expect to be frozen out unless they make pacts with other shareholders.
  又少数股东倘若未与其他股东签订种种协议，资金可能会被冻结。
• The pacts were negotiated under George Bush's presidency, but had been held up amid a row about extending aid to American workers who lose their jobs to foreign competition.
  这些条约都已在乔治布什总统就职期间讨论过，但在对为在异国竞争中失业的美国工人提供援助的补充条例的谈判中被搁浅了。
• Yet he was second to none among the candidates in questioning specific trade pacts.
  然而，在质疑具体贸易协定的人物中，也没有人比得上他。
• Israel already bans the use of underweight and underage models, while other countries, including Italy and Spain, have weighed legislation similar to the one under consideration in France but for now continue to rely on voluntary pacts with the fashion industry.
  以色列已经禁止使用体重不达标的模特和未成年模特，而包括意大利和西班牙在内的其他国家，虽然拥有与法国正在考虑的法规相似的体重法案，但目前仍然依赖与时尚行业之间的自愿协定。
• Recent polls show declining support for pacts such as the North American Free Trade Agreement.
  近来的民意调查显示，北美自由贸易协议之类的条约所获得的支持率正在下降。
• But these pacts need to be balanced with worldwide market openings to strengthen global interests.
  但这些协议需要与世界范围的市场开放取得平衡，以加强全球利益。
• Regional pacts and arrangements, especially in the political and security realms, are thin.
  区域性条约和约定，在政治和安全领域尤为缺少。
• On October12th, Congress finally ratified long-stalled trade pacts with Colombia, Panama and South Korea.
  （自由贸易商要啼笑皆非了。）10月12日，国会批准了久被搁浅的与哥伦比亚，巴拿马和韩国的贸易协议。