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
I'll drive you to the station, dear.
我开车送你到车站去。
Whoever told you that was just joking.
无论是谁告诉你的,反正都是开玩笑。
Hans returned to his family home, but the house had been bombed and no one in the neighbourhood knew what had become of the inhabitants.