pact
noun [ C ] uk/pækt/ us/pækt/
C2 契约;条约;协定
a formal agreement between two people or groups of people
The United States and Canada have signed a free-trade pact. 美国和加拿大签署了自由贸易协定。
[ + to infinitive ] Big drug companies plan to form a pact with the National Institutes of Health to share information. 大型制药公司和国立卫生研究院签署了分享信息的协议。
Synonyms: accord agreement (SAME OPINION)compact (AGREEMENT) concordat covenant treaty
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- a non-aggression pact
- The Nazi-Soviet pact carved up the Baltic states in 1939.
- The leader of the religious sect and 30 of his followers killed themselves in a suicide pact last year.
- They made a pact never to tell anyone about the accident.
- Management have formed a pact with the unions.