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约
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Definitions
- 1. to weigh in a balance or on a scale
Example Sentences
1 shown大 约 。
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Words Containing 约
forward contract (finance)
to bind
performance bond (international trade)
Jurgen (name)
faint
to have a prior engagement
temporary law
legal force (i.e. binding in law)
to gather at an appointed place and time
graceful
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
to miss an appointment
John Hawkins (1532-1595), British seaman involved in sea war with Spain
contract bridge (card game)
(term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty – a treaty between China and one or more aggressor nations (including Russia, Japan and various Western powers) which imposed humiliating conditions on China (in the 19th and early 20th centuries)
party in a contract, treaty etc
to miss an appointment
New York University
to make a contract
secret appointment
Third epistle of St John
to renew or extend a contract
credit default swap (finance)
Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
approximate
engagement
approximately
contraction (in grammar)
Second epistle of St John
New York Times (newspaper)
oath
Papa John's (pizza chain)
treaty
Second epistle of St John
to keep a promise
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
New York
Treaty of Tianjin of 1858, a sequence of unequal treaties 不平等條約|不平等条约 between Russia, USA, England, France and Qing China
peace treaty
Johnson or Johnston (name)
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Book of Jonah
graceful
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
to agree on sth (after discussion)
to abrogate an agreement
Treaty of Nanjing (1842) that concluded the First Opium War between Qing China and Britain
John Updike, US novelist (1932-2009), Pulitzer Prize winner
to invite sb to go along with oneself (to a meeting, on a trip etc)
to break an agreement
covenant
terms (of an agreement)
John the Baptist
John the Baptist
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
approximately equal to
iota (Greek letter Ιι)
approximately
Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia
to practice strict economy (idiom)
Boxer Protocol of 1901 signed in Beijing, ending the Eight-power Allied Force intervention after the Boxer uprising
restrictive condition
UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)
common measure
contract of alliance
unequal treaty of 1898 whereby the Qing dynasty ceded the lease of Lüshun (Port Arthur) to Russia
to sign a contract or agreement
to agree by chance (idiom); taking the same action without prior consultation
takeover bid
movie contract
Sampaio (name)
Rio
Mayotte, island between NW Madagascar and Mozambique
Treaty of Aigun, 1858 unequal treaty forced on Qing China by Tsarist Russia
specially engaged
former agreement
New Yorker
signing bonus
to conclude a treaty
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
promise
Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805-1844), founder of the Latter Day Saint movement
Johnston, Johnson, Johnstone etc, name
Ark of the Covenant
convention (i.e. international agreement)
in violation of contract and good faith
The New Yorker, US magazine
to break a promise
(slang) to hook up for a one night stand
St John's, capital of Labrador and Newfoundland province, Canada
Job (name)
(of a contract) binding (law)
Jehoshaphat, fourth king of Judah (Judaism)
to break a promise
Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689) between Qing China and Russia
Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
cash equivalent (accountancy)
intensive
Rio de Janeiro
Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881 in which Russia agreed to hand back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
equivocal speech
First epistle of St John
to conclude a treaty
unless otherwise agreed
sparing
Saint John
approximate estimate
Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895), concluding the First Sino-Japanese War 甲午戰爭|甲午战争[jiǎ wǔ zhàn zhēng]
language pledge (to speak only the target language in a language school)
contract
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
about
according to agreement
committed information rate (Frame Relay); CIR
to keep a promise
futures contract (finance)
sphincter
having no common measure
Third epistle of St John
Gjøvik (city in Oppland, Norway)
reduced fraction (e.g. one half for three sixths)
to restrict
Jotham (son of Uzziah)
to keep an appointment
to break a promise
Empire State Building
New York state
Joseph Needham (1900-1995), British biochemist and author of Science and Civilization in China
daylight saving time
signatory states
Jordan River
Jonah
Yorkshire (English region)
commensurable
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO
concise but unambiguous (idiom)
graceful and subdued (style)
bet
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
to arrange to go on a date with sb
the Camp David agreement of 1978 brokered by President Jimmy Carter between Israel and Egypt
to agree on three laws (idiom)
vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
treaty
First epistle of St John
Book of Joshua
Joshua (name)
lease
New Testament
York
highest common factor HCF
New Testament
partner for dating
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) or Dr Johnson, English writer and lexicographer
New York Post (newspaper)
Book of Joel
to terminate an agreement
Jordan
contract
Allies
treaty of Tianjin of 1885 ceding Vietnam to France
to economize
Joseph (name)
about
divisor (of a number)
agreement
to arrive as planned
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
to restrict
John Paul (name)
vague
restricted
app-based taxi
sketchy
Josiah or Yoshiyahu (649-609 BC), a king of Judah (Judaism)
Doctrine and Covenants
to simplistically reduce (sth) to just ...; to regard (sth) as merely ...
John (name)
book contract
special correspondent
to calculate to be roughly ...
Treaty of Livadia (1879) between Russia and China, relating to territory in Chinese Turkistan, renegotiated in 1881 (Treaty of St. Petersburg)
to restrict
John Bunyan (1628-1688), English puritan writer, author of Pilgrim's Progress 天路歷程|天路历程
penalty (fee)
Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator
Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书
common factor
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
to arrange an interview
John Rabe (1882-1950), German who helped protect Chinese during the Nanking massacre period
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
diligent and thrifty (idiom)
booking
culture of honoring contractual obligations
New York City
peace treaty
Gospel according to St John
Saint Joseph
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
Majorca (island of Spain)
to keep an appointment
charter
to invite
the Treaty of Beijing of 1860 between Qing China and Tsarist Russia
to invite
Joseph (name)
established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement
Treaty of Lhasa (1904) between British empire and Tibet
entente
nuclear test ban treaty
Johannesburg, South Africa
appointment
to live frugally (idiom)
to agree (on a meeting place, date etc)