【charter】 - A-level备考词汇

charter

UK:  ['tʃɑː(r)tə(r)]

US:  ['tʃɑrtər]

第三人称单数：charters  现在分词：chartering  过去式：chartered  

n.

1.宪章

2.(准许成立自治都市、工会等的)特许状;凭照,执照,(社团对成立分会等的)许可证

3.特许证书

4.(船只、飞机、公共汽车等的)租赁

5.包租

6.特权,豁免权,专利权,(铁路等的)铺设权

7.契据,证书;【商业】租船契约;租船合同

v.

1.给…发特许执照,特许(成立公司等)

2.获得特许乘坐

3.(凭契约)租[包](船、车等);〔口语〕雇(车等)

4.采用

5.规化

6.发给许可证:

1 . President Andrew Jackson understood the power of the Bank of the United States. He opposed giving the bank a new charter.
安德鲁杰克逊总统了解美国银行的权利，他反对给银行一个新的章程。

2 . The bank charter would not allow it to flood the economy with money the way the Fed has done through its huge purchases of securities.
欧洲央行的宪章不允许他像美联储一样用大量购买证券的方式来为经济注资。

3 . It shall perform such other functions as are specified elsewhere in the present Charter or as may be assigned to it by the General Assembly.
本理事会应履行本宪章他章所特定之其他职务，以及大会所授予之职务。

4 . As you can see, this project has quite a charter, and I don't plan to achieve all of it in one column (or even two).
您可以发现，这个项目相当烦琐，我并没有计划在一篇（甚至两篇）专栏文章中实现其全部。

5 . In 1787 the Bank of North America changed to a Pennsylvania charter following controversy about the legality of a congressional charter.
1787年，由于国会批允的许可证受到质疑，北美银行成为州政府特许经营的银行。