contract
- n.合同;合约;(雇用杀人的)协议;契约
- v.(使)收缩，缩小;（与…）订立（婚约）;得(病);与…订立合同(或契约);感染(疾病);订立…的合同（或契约）
复数： contracts 过去式： contracted 现在分词： contracting 过去分词： contracted 第三人称单数： contracts
con- 共同,一起 + tract 拉,拖
contractnoun
合同；合约；契约
an official written agreement
to enter into/make/sign a contract with the supplier
与供应商签订合同
a contract for the supply of vehicles
车辆供应合约
to win/be awarded a contract to build a new school
获得承建一所新学校的合同
These clauses form part of the contract between buyer and seller.
这些条款构成买卖双方所签合同的一部分。
a contract of employment
雇用合同
a research contract
从事研究的合同
a contract worker (= one employed on a contract for a fixed period of time)
合同工
I was on a three-year contract that expired last week.
我签订的三年期合同已于上周期满。
Under the terms of the contract the job should have been finished yesterday.
根据合同的条款，这项工作本应于昨天完成。
She is under contract to (= has a contract to work for) a major American computer firm.
她已签约为一家大的美国计算机公司工作。
The offer has been accepted, subject to contract (= the agreement is not official until the contract is signed) .
此报价已获接受，尚需以签约为准。
They were sued for breach of contract (= not keeping to a contract) .
他们被指控违约。
（雇用杀人的）协议，合同
an agreement to kill sb for money
to take out a contract on sb
获得杀害某人的协议
verb
（使）收缩，缩小
to become less or smaller; to make sth become less or smaller
Glass contracts as it cools.
玻璃遇冷收缩。
a contracting market
萎缩的市场
The heart muscles contract to expel the blood.
心脏肌肉收缩以挤压出血液。
‘I will’ and ‘I shall’ are usually contracted to ‘I'll’ (= made shorter) .
I will和I shall通常缩约为I'll。
The exercise consists of stretching and contracting the leg muscles.
此项训练包括伸展和收缩腿部肌肉。
感染（疾病）；得（病）
to get an illness
to contract AIDS/a virus/a disease
感染艾滋病 / 病毒 / 疾病
与…订立合同（或契约）
to make a legal agreement with sb for them to work for you or provide you with a service
The player is contracted to play until August.
这位选手签约参加比赛到八月份。
Several computer engineers have been contracted to the finance department.
有几位计算机工程师与财务部门签订了合同。
订立…的合同（或契约）
to make a legal agreement to work for sb or provide them with a service
She has contracted to work 20 hours a week.
她已签订每周工作20小时的合同。
（与…）订立（婚约）；（与…）缔结（同盟）
to formally agree to marry sb/form an alliance with sb
订约参与
to formally agree that you will take part in sth
订约不参与；退出（或不参加）…合约
to formally agree that you will not take part in sth
Many employees contracted out of the pension plan.
许多雇员退出了养老金计划的合约。
订约把…承包出去
to arrange for work to be done by another company rather than your own
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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.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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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.You can contract with us to deliver your cargo...
你可以跟我们签订送货合同。
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V-ERG (使)收缩;(使)缩小;(使)缩短
When something contracts or when something contracts it, it becomes smaller or shorter.Blood is only expelled from the heart when it contracts...
血液在心脏收缩的时候从心脏流出。
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...the contraction and expansion of blood vessels...
血管的收缩和扩张
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VERB (经济、市场等)紧缩，缩小
When something such as an economy or market contracts, it becomes smaller.The manufacturing economy contracted in October for the sixth consecutive month.
10月，制造业经济已经连续第6个月出现萎缩状况。
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VERB 感染，患(病)
If you contract a serious illness, you become ill with it.He contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion...
他因为输血而感染了艾滋病。
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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.She contracted a formal marriage to a British ex-serviceman.
她和一个英国退役军人正式订婚了。
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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.The convictions resulted in the local crime bosses putting a contract on him...
这些判罪导致当地犯罪团伙的老大们要雇凶杀他。
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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.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。
noun
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- a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
- Synonym: contract bridge
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- a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
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- (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
- Synonym: declaration
verb
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- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- He got AIDS
- She came down with pneumonia
- She took a chill
- Synonym: take get
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- become smaller or draw together
- The fabric shrank
- The balloon shrank
- Synonym: shrink
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- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- The manuscript must be shortened
- Synonym: abridge foreshorten abbreviate shorten cut reduce
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- make or become more narrow or restricted
- The selection was narrowed
- The road narrowed
- Synonym: narrow
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- compress or concentrate
- Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan
- Synonym: condense concentrate
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- enter into a contractual arrangement
- Synonym: undertake
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- make smaller
- The heat contracted the woollen garment
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- squeeze or press together
- she compressed her lips
- the spasm contracted the muscle
- Synonym: compress constrict squeeze compact press
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- engage by written agreement
- They signed two new pitchers for the next season
- Synonym: sign sign on sign up
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We are in competition with four other companies for the contract .
我们在与其他四家公司竞争这项合同。
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There are three main types of contract .
有三种主要的合同。
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She is under contract to a major American computer firm .
她已签约为一家大的美国计算机公司工作。
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The new contract will be the same in every particular as the old one .
新合同与旧合同的各项细节将完全相同。
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Without that contract , we 're done for .
要是没有那个合同，我们就完蛋了。
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The company has won a contract to supply books and materials to schools .
这家公司得到了一份向学校供应图书资料的合同。
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The terms of the contract are under review .
合同条文正在审议。
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I had no choice but to sign the contract .
我别无选择，只好签了合同。
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We won the contract in the face of stiff competition .
面对激烈的竞争，我们赢得了这项合同。
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Make sure you read the contract before parting with any money .
一定要注意先看清合约再交钱。
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The offer has been accepted , subject to contract .
此报价已获接受，尚需以签约为准。
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Several computer engineers have been contracted to the finance department .
有几位计算机工程师与财务部门签订了合同。
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Local firms were invited to tender for the building contract .
当地的公司被邀请投标承包建筑工程。
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The two firms joined forces to win the contract .
两家公司联合起来争取合同。
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Winning this contract is crucial to the success of the company .
赢得这份合同对这家公司的成败至关重要。
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She has contracted to work 20 hours a week .
她已签订每周工作20小时的合同。
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We were pitching against a much larger company for the contract .
我们在与一家比我们大得多的公司竞争这项合同。
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Did you bring the contract and that ?
合同什么的你都带来了吗？
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This contract represents 20 % of the company 's annual revenue .
这份合约相当于公司20%的年收入。
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He 's been granted an extension of the contract for another year .
他的合同获得延期一年。
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Getting this contract has been quite a coup for us .
把这份合同争取到手让我们费了很大力气。
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Some phrases in the contract are open to interpretation .
合同中的某些条文容有不同诠释。
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They are on the verge of signing a new contract .
他们即将签订一份新的合同。
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Several companies are competing for the contract .
为得到那项合同，几家公司正在竞争。
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Under the terms of the contract the job should have been finished yesterday .
根据合同的条款，这项工作本应于昨天完成。
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A contract is prepared in negotiation with our clients .
我们和客户协商起草了一份合同。
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These clauses form part of the contract between buyer and seller .
这些条款构成买卖双方所签合同的一部分。
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You are bound by the contract to pay before the end of the month .
按照合同规定，你必须在月底前付款。
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He will remain manager of the club until the end of his contract .
他将继续担任俱乐部经理，直至合同期满。
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The company submitted a bid for the contract to clean the hospital .
该公司投标承包这所医院的清洁工作。
多指因受热、遇水等而收缩或变小，也指数量、体积、价值等变小。
My shirt shrank when it was washed.
我的衬衫洗后缩水了。
Will this detergent shrink wool clothes?
这种洗涤剂会使毛织品缩水吗?
The staff of the company shrank to only six people.
这家公司的员工减少到只剩6个人了。
指物体因受冷等而收缩体积，也指经济、市场等缩小。
When air is heated, it expands and when air is cooled, it contracts.
空气遇热时膨胀，变冷时收缩。
The cold weather made the cement in the walls contract until it finally cracked.
寒冷的天气使墙上的水泥收缩，直至最后开裂。
The manufacturing industry has contracted by 1.5% since last year.
自去年起，制造业已经萎缩了1.5%。
指国家之间经外交谈判后依照国际法签订的正式条约。
the treaty of commerce/friendship/mutual assistance
通商/友好/双边互助条约
The treaty was concluded on equal terms.
该条约是在平等的基础上订立的。
The treaty will be the threshold of lasting peace.
该条约将成为持久和平的开端。
The two nations drew up a peace treaty after the war ended.
战争结束后，两国起草了一份和平协议。
多指国家或团体之间达成的正式协议。
the Helsinki accord on human rights
赫尔辛基人权协议
The two superpowers reached an accord.
这两个超级大国达成了一项协议。
Those nations signed the peace accord.
那些国家共同签订了和平协定。
指双方或多方订立的具有法律效力的正式书面合同或契约。
He was under contract to a private company.
他已签约去一家私企工作。
Is it true that they will sign the contract?
他们真的会签署那份合约吗？
The terms of the contract are absolutely fair.
合同上的条款是完全公平的。
尤指互助、停战等方面的正式协定。
The two tribes signed a pact to end their fighting.
这两个部落签署了一项终止战争的协定。
The early immigrants concluded a peace pact with the local people.
早期移民和当地人缔结了和平条约。
This led to a non-aggression pact between the two countries.
这使得两国签订了一项互不侵犯条约。
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