Word
indentured
用契约束缚；订立契约使…服务
核心释义
bind (someone) by a legal contract, especially to work for another for a fixed period, as in an apprenticeship
<史>以契约束缚(学徒)( indenture的过去式和过去分词 )
用法In use
In the 1700s, many parents indentured their children to tradesmen in order to learn a craft.
用法提示：indentured 用作谓语动词过去式，表示‘凭契约使……做学徒’。
To pay for her passage to America, she indentured herself to a wealthy farmer for four years.
用法提示：indentured 为及物动词，后接反身代词，表示‘使自己受契约约束’。
The young tailor was indentured to a famous clothing maker when he was only twelve.
用法提示：was indentured 是被动语态，强调‘被契约束缚’。
be indentured to sb
常用被动语态；to 后接雇主或师傅。
He was indentured to a local carpenter for five years.
他按契约给当地一名木匠当了五年学徒。
be indentured for + 时间段
for 后接契约规定的服务期限。
Many workers were indentured for three years.
许多工人按契约工作了三年。
Verb forms
base indenture · third person indentures · -ing indenturing · past indentured · past participle indentured
规则动词：indenture的过去式和过去分词形式。
常见错误Common mistakes
易错句子The indentured was signed by both parties.正确表达The indenture was signed by both parties.
表示“契约”的名词是 indenture；indentured 是动词 indenture 的过去式/过去分词（或形容词），不能充当主语。因此合同被签署时要用名词 indenture。
易错句子He decided to indentured himself.正确表达He decided to indenture himself.
不定式符号 to 后必须接动词原形 indenture；indentured 是过去式/过去分词，不能用在 to 之后。
易错句子He was indentured for a master.正确表达He was indentured to a master.
表示“受契约束缚为某人服务”时用 be indentured to + 人；介词 for 通常接时间段或目的，不能引出服务的对象。
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
词族Word family
- indenture
- 契约；学徒合同 · noun
学习提示Learner notes
语法说明Grammar Note
常用于被动语态
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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