| 释义 |
indenture
UK [ɪn'den.tʃər] US [-tʃɚ] mainly old use
verb transitive
■to officially agree that someone, often a young person, will work for someone else, especially in order to learn a job 签订契约（尤指做学徒）•He was indentured to a carpenter.他签订契约成了木匠的学徒。 •The land was worked on by indentured labourers.这块土地是由契约工人耕种的。 |