recognisance
recognizance, n (law 律)
(a) formal promise made to a court or magistrate that one will observe certain conditions (eg keep the peace), appear when summoned or pay a debt 具结; 保证书
enter into recognizances (for sb) (为某人)具结
bail in one's own recognizance of 500 自付 500 英镑保证金获得保释
be released on one's own recognizance 经本人具结获释.
(b) sum of money pledged as a guarantee that this promise will be kept (交付法院的)保证金.
🗣️ 情景例句
Are the bathrooms on this train clean?
火车上的卫生间干净吗?
If you compare her work with his, you'll find hers is much better.
要是把他们俩的工作比较一下,你就会发现她的好得多。
If he, or someone like him, were alive today, he might be able to tell us what to expect in the next fifty years.