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

• 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。
• 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。
• Electoral pacts would not work, but an entente cordiale might.
  选举协定不会起作用，但是政府间的谅解也许可以。
• 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。
• In recent months North Korea has torn up its non-aggression pacts with the South and refused to recognise a maritime border.
  最近几个月，朝鲜撕毁了与韩国的互不侵犯条约，并拒绝承认海界线。
• 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。
• 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。
• It may seem contradictory that the Senate is threatening to raise barriers to trade with China even as it has just passed bilateral trade pacts with Colombia, South Korea and Panama.
  美国参议院一方面威胁提高对华贸易壁垒，另一方面则通过了与哥伦比亚、韩国和巴拿马的双边贸易协定，这种做法看似矛盾。
• 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。
• Obama stressed he is not anti-trade, but wants to make sure that future trade pacts include labor, safety and environmental standards to protect American workers and consumers.
  奥巴马强调他不反对贸易，但是他要确保未来的贸易条约必须包括劳工、安全和环保等方面的标准，来保护美国工人和消费者。