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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 628 COCA: 1269
contract
kɒntrækt kəntrækt ˈkɑnˌtrækt kənˈtrækt
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense contracts, present participle contracting, past tense , past participle contracted
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。

  • 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。

SYN agreement, deal [informal] , commission, commitment
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。

  • 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。

  • 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。

contraction
  • ...the contraction and expansion of blood vessels.

    血管的收縮和擴張

  • Foods and fluids are mixed in the stomach by its muscular contractions.

    通過胃部肌肉的收縮食物和流質在胃中混合。

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
  • The manufacturing economy contracted in October for the sixth consecutive month. [VERB]

    10月,制造業經濟已經連續第6個月出現萎縮狀況。

5 VERB [no cont]

感染,患() If you contract a serious illness, you become ill with it. 感染,患() [formal]
  • He contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion. [VERB noun]

    他因爲輸血而感染了艾滋病。

  • Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer contracted by women. [VERB-ed]

    卵巢癌是女性常患的第六大癌症。

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]
  • She contracted a formal marriage to a British ex-serviceman. [VERB noun]

    她和一個英國退役軍人正式訂婚了。

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]
  • The convictions resulted in the local crime bosses putting a contract on him. [+ on]

    這些判罪導致當地犯罪團夥的老大們要僱兇殺他。

  • The police advised her to get out of town because there was a contract on her life.

    警察建議她離開這個城市,因爲有人僱殺手殺她。

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。

Phrasal verbs:

contract out
Quotations
A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it is written on Sam Goldwyn
Word PartnershipWord Link
Word PartnershipUse contract with:
VERB.

sign a contract 1

N.

terms of a contract 1

contract a disease 5

PREP.

contract with someone 2

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 628 COCA: 1269
contract

noun¹

1written agreement書面協議ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONTRACT | CONTRACT + VERB | CONTRACT + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVElong-term, permanent長期/永久合同guaranteed (especially NAmE) 有擔保的合同casual, fixed-term, short-term臨時/定期/短期合同three-year, two-year, etc.三年、兩年等的合同formal, written正式/書面合同verbal口頭合同standard標準合同legal, valid合法/有效合同void無效合同The contract was declared void.這份合同被宣佈無效。enforceable, unenforceable可強制執行的/不能強制執行的合同binding, non-binding (NAmE) 有約束力的/無約束力的合同current, existing, new, original目前的/現有的/新簽的/原來的合同big, huge, important, large, major重大合同;重要合同fat, lucrative收益豐厚的合同My advertising firm just won a lucrative contract with a cigarette company.我的廣告公司剛剛與一家香煙公司簽訂了一份收益豐厚的合同。exclusive獨家經銷合同business, commercial商業合同employment, maintenance, research, service僱傭/維修保養/研究/服務合同catering, construction, production餐飲服務/建設工程/生產合同defence/defense, military國防/軍事合同federal, government聯邦政府/政府合同record, recording唱片合同marriage婚約VERB + CONTRACThave有合同Many workers do not have written contracts.許多工人沒有書面合同。bid for, bid on, tender for為合同投標Eighteen companies are bidding for the contract.有 18 家公司競標這份合同。award (sb), give sb, offer sb, place授予(某人)合同;給予某人合約get, land, receive, secure, win得到/獲得/接到/爭取到/贏得合同lose沒有得到合同The firm lost the contract to a large London company.這家企業在競爭這份合同時輸給了一家倫敦的大公司。negotiate洽談合同She managed to negotiate a permanent contract with the company.通過談判,她同這家公司訂立了一份永久合同。draft, draw up, prepare, write起草/制訂/擬定/撰寫合同conclude, enter into, make, sign締結契約;簽訂合同He entered into a contract with his former employer.他同前僱主簽訂了合同。extend, renew延長/續簽合同carry out, execute, fulfil/fulfill執行合同the company fulfilling the construction contract執行施工合同的公司honour/honor遵守合同cancel, end, repudiate, law法律) , rescind (law法律, especially BrE) , terminate取消/結束/拒絕履行/解除/終止合同Either party can terminate the contract at any time.任何一方均可隨時終止合同。be subject to (especially BrE) 須經簽約確定The offer has been accepted, subject to contract (= the agreement is not legally binding before contracts are signed).報價已獲接受,但須以合同的簽訂為準。be in breach of, breach, break, violate違反合同If you go on strike you will be in breach of contract.如果你罷工,就會違反合同。enforce (law法律) 強制執行合同exchange (law法律) 交換契約The successful bidder must exchange contracts immediately and pay a deposit.中標者必須立即交換契約並支付定金。CONTRACT + VERBexpire合同期滿The contract expires at the end of next year.這份合同明年年底到期。be worth sth合同價值⋯a series of major contracts worth millions價值數百萬的一系列重大合同CONTRACT + NOUNwork, worker (= one on a fixed-term contract) 合同工作;合同工manufacturer合同製造商dispute, negotiation合同糾紛/談判award合同獎勵extension合同延期law合同法PREPOSITIONin a/the contract在合約中They put a clause in the contract stipulating that the work should be finished by next month.他們在合同中立了一項條款,規定工作應在下月底前完成。on a contract受合同約束He's on a three-year fixed-term contract.他已簽訂了一個 3 年定期合同。under contract (to)受合同約束(為⋯工作)At that stage of her career she was still under contract to one of the big Hollywood studios.在事業發展中的那一時期,她仍同好萊塢一家大型電影公司有合約。under a/the contract根據合同Under her contract of employment, Mrs Lee could not be required to work at a different site.根據李女士的僱傭合同,僱主不能要求她到另一地工作。contract between⋯之間的合約the contract between the employer and the employee僱主和僱員之間的合約contract for就⋯的契約They won a contract for the delivery of five planes.他們獲得了交付 5 架飛機的合同。contract with與⋯的契約Do you have a contract with your employer?你和僱主訂有合同嗎?PHRASES(a) breach of contract違約The company is being sued for breach of contract.這家公司被控違約。a contract of employment, a contract of sale僱傭/買賣合同You should make sure that you have a formal contract of employment.你應確保自己有一份正式的僱傭合同。the terms of a contract合同條款By using cheaper materials, the company has broken the terms of its contract.該公司使用較廉價的材料,違反了合同條款。under the terms of a contract根據合同條款Under the terms of the contract the job should have been finished yesterday.根據合同條款,這項工作本該於昨天完成。
contract

noun²

2agreement to kill sb僱兇殺人協議VERB + CONTRACT | CONTRACT + NOUN | PREPOSITION VERB + CONTRACTtake out簽訂僱兇殺人協議have out僱兇謀殺He has a contract out on you.他已僱了人殺你。CONTRACT + NOUNkiller, killing僱傭殺手/謀殺PREPOSITIONcontract on僱兇謀殺⋯的協議She took out a contract on her ex-husband.她僱好了兇手打算謀殺她的前夫。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 628 COCA: 1269
contract verb
employ (be contracted to work until August) shrink (glass contracts) suffer from sth (contract malaria)
contract

noun

 See also the entry for agreement 1 另見agreement條第1義contract ♦︎ treaty ♦︎ accord ♦︎ conventionThese are all words for an official agreement between people, organizations or countries. 這些詞均表示合同、合約、協議。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配a contract / a treaty / an accord / a convention between sb and sba contract / a treaty / an accord with sba treaty / an accord / a convention on stha contract / a treaty / an accord to do sthunder (a) contract / a treaty / an accord / a conventiona draft contract / treaty / accord / conventionan international contract / treaty / accord / conventionto sign a contract / a treaty / an accord / a conventionto comply with a contract / a treaty / an accord / a conventionto approve a contract / a treaty / an accord / a conventionto ratify a treaty / an accord / a conventionto accept / draw up / negotiate / conclude / violate a contract / a treaty / an accord contract [countable] a formal written agreement between individuals, companies or organizations (個人、公司或機構間的)合同,合約,契約These clauses form part of the contract between buyer and seller.這些條款構成買賣雙方所簽合同的一部分。They won a contract for the delivery of five fighter planes.他們獲得一份交付五架戰鬥機的合同。I was on a three-year fixed-term contract that expired last week.我簽訂的三年期合同於上周期滿。She is under contract to (= has a contract to work for) a major US computer firm.她已簽約爲美國一家大型計算機公司工作。All employees have a written contract of employment.每個員工都有一份書面聘用合同。The offer has been accepted, subject to contract (= the agreement is not legally binding before contracts are signed).報價已獲接受,尚待簽約確實。They were sued for breach of contract (= not keeping to a contract).他們被指控違約。 see also contract employ verb treaty [countable] a formal agreement between two or more countries (國家間的)條約,協定The government concluded a peace treaty with the rebels.政府和叛亂者簽訂了和平協定。The new law may be in breach of the Treaty of Rome.這項新法可能違反《羅馬條約》。 accord əˈkɔːd; NAmE əˈkɔːrd [countable] a formal agreement between two organizations or countries (兩個機構或國家間的)協議,條約The countries drew up accords on economic and technical cooperation.兩國草拟了經濟和技術合作協議。 convention [countable] a formal agreement between countries or leaders (國家或首腦間的)公約,協定,協議This is forbidden under the European Convention on Human Rights.這是《歐洲人權公約》所禁止的。Over 60 countries have yet to ratify the climate convention.超過60個國家還有待落實氣候公約。NOTE 辨析 Treaty, accord or convention?A treaty and an accord are both official agreements between countries, for example concerned with restoring peace after a conflict, or trade, military or economic cooperation. Both are used in the names of particular agreements, often using the name of the place in which they were signed. * treaty和accord均指國家間的正式協定、條約,例如沖突之後恢複和平,或者貿易、軍事或經濟合作方面的。兩個詞均用於具體協定名稱,常以簽署地命名the Treaty of Rome《羅馬條約》the Algiers Accord《阿爾及爾協定》An accord can also be an official agreement between organizations, such as between a government and a trade union. A convention is an international agreement between several countries. It usually contains rules about a particular activity, for example the sale of weapons, the treatment of refugees or controlling pollution. Conventions usually try to control a problem which affects many countries, and by signing the convention a country agrees to apply the rules or standards within it. * accord亦可指組織之間簽署的正式協議,如政府和工會之間。convention是若幹國家簽署的國際協定,内容通常比較具體,例如武器銷售、難民安置或污染控制等。convention通常是爲了控制影響多國的問題,通過簽署協定,一國同意遵守其條例或標準。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 628 COCA: 1269
contract
Agreement and agreements: agreement, contract, deal...
Legal documents and parts of legal documents: affidavit, amendment, article...
To become smaller: shrink, contract, compact...
Relating to muscles and tendons: cartilaginous, contract, motor...
To decide or agree to do something: agree, undertake, accept...

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