The noun is pronounced 'kɒntrækt/. The verb is pronounced /kən'trækt/. 名词读作 /'kɒntrækt/,动词读作 /kən'trækt/。
1 N-COUNT 合同;契约 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;契约 -
The company won a prestigious contract for work on Europe's tallest building.
这家公司赢得了一份极为重要的合同,参与建设欧洲最高的大厦。
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He was given a seven-year contract with an annual salary of $150,000.
他签下了一份为期7年的合同,年薪为15万美元。
2 VERB 签合同,订立契约(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.
签合同,订立契约(做某事) [formal] -
You can contract with us to deliver your cargo. [VERB + with]
你可以跟我们签订送货合同。
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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]
波士顿美术博物馆已经签订合同,将其部分藏品租借给日本一家博物馆。
3 V-ERG (使)收缩;(使)缩小;(使)缩短 When something
contracts or when something
contracts it, it becomes smaller or shorter.
(使)收缩;(使)缩小;(使)缩短 -
Blood is only expelled from the heart when it contracts. [VERB]
血液在心脏收缩的时候从心脏流出。
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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,过量食用肉类和盐可能会导致肌肉收缩。
4 VERB (经济、市场等)紧缩,缩小 When something such as an economy or market
contracts, it becomes smaller.
(经济、市场等)紧缩,缩小 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 订立(婚约);签订(盟约等) If you
contract a marriage, alliance, or other relationship with someone, you arrange to have that relationship with them.
订立(婚约);签订(盟约等) [formal] 7 N-COUNT 买凶杀人的协议 If there is a
contract on a person or on their life, someone has made an arrangement to have them killed.
买凶杀人的协议 [informal] 8 PHRASE 签订工作合同的 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.
签订工作合同的 -
The director wanted Olivia de Havilland, then under contract to Warner Brothers.
导演想要当时签约于华纳兄弟娱乐公司旗下的奥利维娅·德哈维兰出演。
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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