Indemnity
[ɪn'demnɪtɪ] or [ɪn'dɛmnəti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) legal exemption from liability for damages.
(noun.) protection against future loss.
手打:莫林--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty.
(n.) Indemnification, compensation, or remuneration for loss, damage, or injury sustained.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Now they tell me an act of indemnity ought to pass in favour of the ministry, to secure them from the consequences of having acted illegally. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Hu xley remarked that Pasteur's discoveries alone would suffice to cover the war indemnity of five milliards paid by ) France to Germany in 1871. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- And, in addition, Carthage paid a war indemnity of 3200 talents (?788,000). 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- She compromised on an augmentation of her territory, twenty million dollars' indemnity in money, and peace. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Her beauty, her pink cheeks and golden curls, seemed to give delight to all who looked at her, and to purchase indemnity for every fault. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- They levied taxes over great areas; they exacted indemnities for real or fancied opposition. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He wanted indemnities to recuperate France, loans, gifts, and tributes to France, glory and homage to France. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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