The noun is pronounced 'kɒntrækt/. The verb is pronounced /kən'trækt/. 名詞讀作 /'kɒntrækt/,動詞讀作 /kən'trækt/。
1 N-COUNT 合同;契約 A
contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
合同;契約 -
The company won a prestigious contract for work on Europe's tallest building.
這家公司赢得了一份極爲重要的合同,參與建設歐洲最高的大廈。
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He was given a seven-year contract with an annual salary of $150,000.
他簽下了一份爲期7年的合同,年薪爲15萬美元。
2 VERB 簽合同,訂立契約(做某事) If you
contract with someone
to do something, you legally agree to do it for them or for them to do it for you.
簽合同,訂立契約(做某事) [formal] -
You can contract with us to deliver your cargo. [VERB + with]
你可以跟我們簽訂送貨合同。
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The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has already contracted to lease part of its collection to a museum in Japan. [VERB to-infinitive]
波士頓美術博物館已經簽訂合同,將其部分藏品租借給日本一家博物館。
3 V-ERG (使)收縮;(使)縮小;(使)縮短 When something
contracts or when something
contracts it, it becomes smaller or shorter.
(使)收縮;(使)縮小;(使)縮短 -
Blood is only expelled from the heart when it contracts. [VERB]
血液在心髒收縮的時候從心髒流出。
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New research shows that an excess of meat and salt can contract muscles. [VERB noun]
新的研究表明,過量食用肉類和鹽可能會導致肌肉收縮。
4 VERB (經濟、市場等)緊縮,縮小 When something such as an economy or market
contracts, it becomes smaller.
(經濟、市場等)緊縮,縮小 5 VERB [no cont] 感染,患(病) If you
contract a serious illness, you become ill with it.
感染,患(病) [formal] 6 VERB 訂立(婚約);簽訂(盟約等) If you
contract a marriage, alliance, or other relationship with someone, you arrange to have that relationship with them.
訂立(婚約);簽訂(盟約等) [formal] 7 N-COUNT 買兇殺人的協議 If there is a
contract on a person or on their life, someone has made an arrangement to have them killed.
買兇殺人的協議 [informal] 8 PHRASE 簽訂工作合同的 If you are
under contract to someone, you have signed a contract agreeing to work for them, and for no-one else, during a fixed period of time.
簽訂工作合同的 -
The director wanted Olivia de Havilland, then under contract to Warner Brothers.
導演想要當時簽約於華納兄弟娛樂公司旗下的奧利維娅·德哈維蘭出演。
Quotations
A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it is written on Sam Goldwyn Word PartnershipWord Link
Word Partnership | Use contract with: |
VERB. | sign a contract 1 |
N. | terms of a contract 1 contract a disease 5 |
PREP. | contract with someone 2 |
Word Link | tract ≈ dragging, drawing : contract, subtract, tractor |
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