charter
n. 憲章; 特許狀; 租賃
v. 包租(飛機、船等); 給予…特權
adj. (飛機或船)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.
《聯合國憲章》第50款
...the Social Charter of workers' rights.
保障勞工權利的《社會憲章》
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.
運送外國僑民出境的最後一架包機
...frequent charter flights to Spain.
到西班牙的定期包機航班
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...
他包了架噴氣式飛機把她從加利福尼亞送回瑞士家裡。
Yesterday, a cargo ship chartered by the UN arrived in the capital carrying 1,550 tons of rice.
昨天,一艘聯合國租用的貨船到達首都,船上載有1,550噸大米。
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'...
他們稱內政部的方案是“對詐騙的縱容”。
They condemned the white paper as a charter for centralisation and selective education.
他們譴責白皮書是在慫恿中央集權和精英教育。
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
這些動詞均含"租,租用"之意。
We would like to charter a flight to go back to Paris.
我們想乘包機返回巴黎.
Others, such as Massachusetts, are stricter and close down charter schools that are failing to deliver.
而有些州, 例如馬薩諸塞州, 就較為嚴格,還會關閉那些未能達到要求的特許學校.
The invasion of Iraq was in violation of the U . N . Charter.
對伊拉克的入侵違反了聯合國憲章.
I want those systems granted independence and the opportunity to sign the Commonwealth Charter.
我要這些體系獨立然後看時機簽署聯邦憲章.
Meanwhile he gave to Dublin its first charter of municipal liberties.
與此同時,他讓都柏林破天荒第一次獲得都市自治敕書.