动 make an appointment，arrange，ask or invite in advance，restrict；名 pact，agreement，appointment，a surname；形 economical，frugal，simple，brief；副 （大概） about，a

[例句] 约翰逊医生和我一直试图增强他的体质。 Dr. Johnson and I have been trying to build him up physically.

[例句] 约瑟夫看到一群可疑的人在密西西比河的一艘轮船上打牌。 Joseph watched a shady-looking bunch playing cards aboard a Mississippi steamer.

restrain，restrict，constraint，keep within bounds，[电影]The Rendezvous；

[例句] 他们都遵守着那条约束他们所有人的默认规则——要守口如瓶。 They obey the one unwritten rule that binds them all—no talking.

[例句] 这条规定赋予了总统绝对及不受约束的权力。 This provision gives the president total and unchecked power.

contract，agreement，indenture，deed，bargain ；

[例句] 丹尼尔作为契约佣工来到马里兰州。 Daniel arrived in Maryland as an indentured servant.

[例句] 这笔钱是根据契约书付给我们的. The money was given to us by deed of covenant.

agree on，appoint，arrange，convention，assumpsit；

[例句] 约定的日期没到，你不能把钱要回去。 You cannot ask for your money back before the agreed date.

[例句] 我们约定6:30在接待处会面。 We arranged to meet in reception at 6.30.

practice thrift，economize，save，economy，retrench ；

[例句] 这将迫使企业更加节约资源。 It would force industries to be more careful with natural resources.

[例句] 在我看来，减少图书馆的数量并不是真正的节约。 It seems a false economy to me to cut down on libraries.

break a contract，violate a treaty，break one's promise，break off an engagement，breach of faith ；

[例句] 这家公司因违约已接到法院令状。 The company has been served with a writ for breach of contract.

[例句] 如果这事发生, 他们将会违约. When this happens, they will tear up the contract.

convention，treaty，pact，Ausgleich ；

[例句] 条约规定他们必须尊重其邻国的独立。 The treaty binds them to respect their neighbour's independence.

[例句] 对工作许可证的要求违反了1950年条约的精神。 The requirement for work permits violates the spirit of the 1950 treaty.

restrict，condition，constraint，restraint ；

[例句] 该书曾几次受到作者过多的制约。 There are times when the book suffers from excessive authorial control.

[例句] 安妮塔羡慕姐姐不受道德观念的制约，藐视公众舆论。 Anita envied her sister's amorality and contempt for public opinion.

make an appointment，order，subscribe，bespeak，bespoke ；

[例句] 无标志的预约型出租车沿街拉客是非法的。 Minicabs are prohibited by law from touting passers-by for business.

[例句] 这家医院可能会限定只有当地居民才能预约。 The hospital may restrict bookings to people living locally.

break a promise，fail to keep an appointment，stand sb. up，break an appointment ；

[例句] 你可不能失约. You mustn't break the appointment.

[例句] 他接受了邀请, 但后来被迫失约. He accepted the invitation, but was later forced to disengage himself.

approximately，about，circa，or so；

[例句] 通货膨胀率大约为2.7%。 The rate of inflation is running at about 2.7 percent.

[例句] 索马里，人口790万，人均收入大约每周1.60英镑。 Somalia, pop. 7.9 million, income per head about £1.60 a week.

break off an engagement，terminate an agreement，cancel a contract，rescind a contract ；

[例句] 我觉得皮特非常了解约翰森会计师事务所, 去问问他吧. I think Peter knows the Johnson account like a book. Ask him.

[例句] 甲方扣留房屋押金作为提前解约的补偿. Party A shall keep the deposit for compensation for leasing contract's early termination.

treaty，contract，agreement ；

[例句] 他们可以与他们选择的任何人交换或分享这份合约。 They can transfer or share the contract with whosoever they choose.

[例句] 法律、合约和公众会保护你。真的会吗？怎么保护？ The law, your contracts, your public protect you, do they? How?

brief，concise，sketchy ；

[例句] 室内设计简约朴素，令人惬意。 The interior design is pleasingly simple.

[例句] 她风格简约而质朴。 Her style is pared-down and simple.

convention，treaty，joint pledge，collectively agreed-upon regulations within a work-unit，common divisor ；

[例句] 该行为公然违背了《维也纳公约》。 The action is an open violation of the Vienna Convention.

[例句] 他强烈要求保留北大西洋公约组织以维护和平。 He argues strongly for retention of NATO as a guarantee of peace.

lease ；

[例句] 租约到期后，这家人搬到了坎皮格尼。 When the lease ran out the family moved to Campigny.

[例句] 办理房屋租约 to take out a lease on a house

New York，[电影]New York, N.Y.；名 Big Apple (1928年作为年度新词收录进牛津词典)，N.Y.；

[例句] 她亲自前往纽约领奖。 She went to New York to receive the award in person.

[例句] 她离开纽约的决定是正确的。 She'd made the right choice in leaving New York.

appointment，engagement，date，rendezvous，tryst；

[例句] 他太累了，不得不取消一些约会。 He had to cancel some engagements because of tiredness.

[例句] 她想知道之后他们要去哪里约会。 She wondered where they were going to rendezvous afterwards.

oath of alliance，treaty of alliance，covenant，league ；

[例句] 他们缔结盟约以效忠国王. They covenanted in loyalty to the king.

[例句] 我们越来越想终止那些纠缠不清的盟约. We increasingly want an end to entangling alliances.

Jordan ；

[例句] 争论双方使约旦领导人左右为难。 The Jordanian leader is caught between both sides in the dispute.

[例句] 约旦领导人似乎愿意参加会议。 The Jordanian leader seemed amenable to attending a conference.