A forward contract is just an agreement to transact in the future at some given price.

远期这样一份协议它在将来以某个给定进行交割。

Thus 100 quarters of wheat for spot delivery will buy 98 quarters for forward delivery.

因此，100 夸特即期交割小麦可以购买 98 夸特远期交割小麦。

That house has been sold and is about to settle so that will have people moving into it very soon.

那所房子已售出并即将交割，因此很快就会有人搬进来。

The reference price for electricity and for the settlement of many long-term agreements is set on the spot market, where the physical delivery of electricity is traded for the next day.

电力和许多长期协议结算参考在现货市场上确定，在现货市场上，电力实物交割交易都次日电力。

In 1976 the nymex potato-futures market, based on a red variety from Maine, imploded after speculators holding 1,000 contracts involving 23,000 tonnes of the crop failed to deliver on time.

1976 年，基于缅因州红色品种纽商品交易所马铃薯期货市场在投机者持有 1,000 份涉及 23,000 吨作物未能按时交割后崩溃。

So are futures prices for delivery in December 2022, reflecting in part the cancellation of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany, which had been hoped to ease supply this year.

2022年12月交割原油期货也如此，这在一定程度上反映了从俄罗斯到德国北溪2号(Nord Stream 2)管道取消所产生后果，人们本希望该管道能缓解今年供应紧张。