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covenant to do sth
后接不定式，表示通过契约承诺做某事。
They covenanted to pay the full amount.
他们立约支付全额。
订立契约；立约
covenanting — present participle of covenant
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
订立契约；立约
To enter into a formal agreement or covenant; to bind oneself by contract or promise.
They covenanted to pay the full amount.
他们立约支付全额。
通过契约订立或承诺某事。
To enter into, or promise something by, a covenant.
达成正式协议。
To enter a formal agreement.
以合同约束自己。
To bind oneself in contract.
订立契约
enter into a covenant
covenant
Base
原形
covenants
3rd person
第三人称单数
covenanting
-ing
现在分词
covenanted
Past
过去式
covenanted
Past participle
过去分词
They covenant to uphold the agreement.
他们订立契约以维护协议。
The two parties covenanted last year.
双方去年订立了契约。
They have covenanted to share resources.
他们已经订立契约共享资源。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The two companies covenanted to share their technology for the next decade.
两家公司立约在未来十年共享技术。
They are covenanting with local farmers to ensure fair trade prices.
他们正与当地农民订立契约，以确保公平的贸易价格。
The nations agreed to covenant for mutual defense.
这些国家同意订立共同防御条约。
后接不定式，表示通过契约承诺做某事。
They covenanted to pay the full amount.
他们立约支付全额。
强调与某人达成正式协议；with 后接协议对象。
She covenanted with her neighbor to share the costs.
她和邻居立约分摊费用。
that 从句说明约定的具体内容，常用于正式合同或协议。
The agreement covenants that both parties will remain bound for five years.
该协议规定双方将保持约束五年。
Not this
They covenanted help each other.
Use this
They covenanted to help each other.
covenant 作动词表示“立约承诺”时，后接动词要用带 to 的不定式（covenant to do sth），不能省略 to。中文“承诺帮助”里“帮助”前没有对应标记，容易导致漏掉 to。
Not this
They covenanted each other to work together.
Use this
They covenanted with each other to work together.
covenant 表示“与……立约”时是不及物动词，对象须用介词 with 引出（covenant with sb/sth），不能像及物动词那样把对象直接放在动词后面。中文“和彼此立约”的“和”应对应 with。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
与某人立约
The two tribes covenanted with each other to share the land.
这两个部落彼此立约共享这片土地。
立约承诺做某事
The company covenanted to maintain the building for ten years.
公司立约承诺十年内维护这座建筑。
共同立约
They covenanted together to support the new school.
他们共同立约支持这所新学校。
在上帝面前立约
The couple covenanted before God to remain faithful.
这对夫妇在上帝面前立约，承诺彼此忠诚。
以书面形式立约
The parties covenanted in writing to settle the dispute.
各方以书面形式立约解决争端。
我必与你并你世世代代的后裔坚立我的约。
A famous verse from the Book of Genesis, spoken by God to Abraham, that has shaped Western ideas of a binding promise.
这是《创世记》中上帝对亚伯拉罕所说的著名经文，影响了西方人对具有约束力的承诺的看法。
这是我立新约的血，为多人流出来，使罪得赦。
Jesus's words at the Last Supper, as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew, one of the most quoted verses in Christian liturgy.
这是《马太福音》记载的耶稣在最后的晚餐所说的话，是基督教礼仪中被引用最多的经文之一。
Use covenanting naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 covenant 拆成 co（一起）+ ven（来）+ ant（蚂蚁）：蚂蚁们共聚一处，像订立契约一样协同合作。记住 co-ven-ant 就是共同承诺。
语域：formal 常见场景：legal/contract documents、formal written agreements、religious or biblical texts 动词 covenant 多用于正式或法律语境，表示订立契约、作出正式承诺；在宗教或圣经文本中也可表示立约，但整体偏正式，口语中较少使用。
All listed words share the final unstressed syllable /nənt/ with covenant, but covenant stresses /ʌ/ first, so they do not rhyme. Lieutenant is a lookalike trap: in British English it is /lefˈtenənt/ (US /luːˈtenənt/), not spelling-based. Also do not confuse covenant (c-o-v-e-n-a-n-t) with govern /ˈɡʌvərn/ (治理).
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.