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make a pact with sb
They made a pact with their neighbors to share the garden.
他们与邻居达成了共享花园的协定。
条约, 协定
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条约, 协定
a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
They made a pact with their neighbors to share the garden.
他们与邻居达成了共享花园的协定。
协议；契约；盟约。
An agreement; a compact; a covenant.
两个国家或主权之间的书面协议
a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
两个或以上国家间的协议。
An agreement between two or more nations
联盟或联合。
An alliance or coalition.
The two countries signed a trade pact to boost their economies.
两国签署了一项贸易协定以促进经济。
They made a pact to stop fighting and work together.
他们达成了一项协议，停止争斗并合作。
The company and the union agreed on a new wage pact.
公司与工会就新的工资协议达成一致。
They made a pact with their neighbors to share the garden.
他们与邻居达成了共享花园的协定。
The pact between the two companies was finalized last week.
两家公司之间的协定上周敲定了。
违反协定常用break a pact。
He broke the pact by revealing the secret.
他泄露了秘密，违反了协定。
Not this
We pacted to help each other.
Use this
We made a pact to help each other.
“pact”是名词，不能用作动词。应使用“make a pact”来表示订立契约。
Not this
They signed pact.
Use this
They signed a pact.
“pact”是可数名词，单数形式前需要加冠词“a”或“the”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
签署条约
The two countries signed a peace pact.
两国签署了和平条约。
达成协议
They made a pact to help each other.
他们达成协议互相帮助。
和平条约
The peace pact ended the war.
和平条约结束了战争。
贸易协定
The trade pact boosted the economy.
贸易协定促进了经济。
共同防御条约
The mutual defense pact was signed in 1955.
共同防御条约于1955年签署。
互不侵犯条约
The non-aggression pact was broken.
互不侵犯条约被破坏了。
与魔鬼的协议
The dictator made a pact with the devil to stay in power.
这个独裁者与魔鬼达成协议以维持权力。
自杀协定
The two lovers entered a suicide pact after their families forbade their marriage.
在双方家庭禁止他们结婚后，这对情侣签订了自杀协定。
互不侵犯条约
The two countries signed a non-aggression pact to avoid conflict.
两国签署了互不侵犯条约以避免冲突。
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谐音'拍个特'，特指国家间的正式条约。
通常用于正式的外交、法律或国际关系场合，指国家或主权实体之间达成的书面协定。
All listed words rhyme with pact because they share the stressed vowel /æ/ and the ending /kt/. Note that some -act words like compact (noun) have different stress and do not rhyme.
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