下面的这段英文是摘自一份英文合同。 这段话里的schedule是“附录”的意思。

Subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, Party A hereby appoints and constitutes Party B as its exclusive authorized sales distributor to sell only the Products set forth in Schedule "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof in the Territory described in Schedule "B" attached hereto and made a part hereof.

schedule = supplementary list:a list of details, often in the form of an appendix to a legal or legislative document

-MSN Encarta Online Dictionary

《朗文当代英语词典》没有收录schedule作为“附录”的定义。

人们比较熟悉的schedule的意思是"日程、时间表"。

但是“一词多义”的情况时有发生。这也是软件翻译无法代替活人翻译的原因之一。 软件只是随机找一个定义来翻译，无法根据文章的上下文来来选择正确的定义。

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