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