charter
n. 宪章; 特许状; 租赁
v. 包租(飞机、船等); 给予…特权
adj. (飞机或船)包租的
A charter is a formal document describing the rights, aims, or principles of an organization or group of people.
...Article 50 of the United Nations Charter.
《联合国宪章》第50款
...the Social Charter of workers' rights.
保障劳工权利的《社会宪章》
A charter plane or boat is one which is hired for use by a particular person or group and which is not part of a regular service.
...the last charter plane carrying out foreign nationals.
运送外国侨民出境的最后一架包机
...frequent charter flights to Spain.
到西班牙的定期包机航班
If a person or organization charters a plane, boat, or other vehicle, they hire it for their own use.
He chartered a jet to fly her home from California to Switzerland...
他包了架喷气式飞机把她从加利福尼亚送回瑞士家里。
Yesterday, a cargo ship chartered by the UN arrived in the capital carrying 1,550 tons of rice.
昨天,一艘联合国租用的货船到达首都,船上载有1,550吨大米。
If you describe a decision or policy as a charter for someone or something you disapprove of, you mean that it is likely to help or encourage them.
They described the Home Office scheme as a 'charter for cheats'...
他们称内政部的方案是“对诈骗的纵容”。
They condemned the white paper as a charter for centralisation and selective education.
他们谴责白皮书是在怂恿中央集权和精英教育。
1. a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
2. a contract to hire or lease transportation
1. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
2. grant a charter to
3. engage for service under a term of contract;
hire, lease, rent, let, charter
这些动词均含"租,租用"之意。
We would like to charter a flight to go back to Paris.
我们想乘包机返回巴黎.
Others, such as Massachusetts, are stricter and close down charter schools that are failing to deliver.
而有些州, 例如马萨诸塞州, 就较为严格,还会关闭那些未能达到要求的特许学校.
The invasion of Iraq was in violation of the U . N . Charter.
对伊拉克的入侵违反了联合国宪章.
I want those systems granted independence and the opportunity to sign the Commonwealth Charter.
我要这些体系独立然后看时机签署联邦宪章.
Meanwhile he gave to Dublin its first charter of municipal liberties.
与此同时,他让都柏林破天荒第一次获得都市自治敕书.