双语例句
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It was impossible for him to leave all these arrears of suffering behind him, and he wished, before entering joyously into the future, to obtain a quittance from the past.
他不愿在他后面欠着未偿的债务,他要在愉快地进入未来生活之前,对过去有一张清账的收据。
近义词
n.
compensationpaymentconsiderationrewardoffset
同根词
释义
n.
archaic or poetic/literary a release or discharge from a debt or obligation
〈古 或诗/ 文〉 (债务或义务的)免除;赦免。
a document certifying this; a receipt
免除债务证书;收据。
词源
"Middle English: from Old French quitance, from quiter ‘to release' (see QUIT1)."