early 15c., from Old French pacte "agreement, treaty, compact" (14c.), from Latin pactum "agreement, contract, covenant," noun use of neuter past participle of pacisci "to covenant, to agree, make a treaty," from PIE root *pag- "fix, join together, unite, make firm" (cognates: Sanskrit pasa- "cord, rope," Avestan pas- "to fetter," Greek pegnynai "to fix, make firm, fast or solid," Latin pangere "to fix, to fasten," Slavonic paž "wooden partition," Old English fegan "to join," fon "to catch seize").
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1. A non-aggression pact will be signed between the two countries.
两国将签署互不侵犯条约。
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2. Police refused to say if the couple died in a suicide pact.
警察拒绝回答这对夫妇是否是一起自杀的。
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3. He says this contract should not be patterned after the Deere pact.
他说这个合同不应该模仿《迪尔协定》。
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4. Last month he signed a new non-aggression pact with Germany.
上个月，他与德国签订了新的互不侵犯条约。
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5. The Auto Pact yoked Ontario into the United States economy.
