contract第三人称单数

1. 合同，合约，契约，协议，盟约
2. 婚约
3. 契约书，合约书
4. 【律】契约法
5. 【牌】定约
6. 合约桥牌
7. 月（季）票
8. 含有契约条款的文件
9. 缩约词，缩约形式
10. 被收买去干杀人勾当
11. 贿赂

1. 缔结，订（约）
2. 使订婚约；订立（婚约）
3. 使缩小，使收缩
4. 收缩，缩小，紧缩
5. 得（病） ，沾染（习惯），感染（疾病）
6. 承包，承办
7. 负（债）
8. 与…订立合同
9. 退出…合约
10. 皱起
11. 与…结交，与…结识

1. 缩约的，缩拢的

1. a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
2. (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
3. a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid

1. enter into a contractual arrangement
2. engage by written agreement;

   "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"
   

3. squeeze or press together;

   "she compressed her lips"
   "the spasm contracted the muscle"
   

4. be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness;

   "He got AIDS"
   "She came down with pneumonia"
   "She took a chill"
   

5. become smaller or draw together;

   "The fabric shrank"
   "The balloon shrank"
   

6. make smaller;

   "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
   

7. compress or concentrate;

   "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
   

8. make or become more narrow or restricted;

   "The selection was narrowed"
   "The road narrowed"
   

9. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;

   "The manuscript must be shortened"
   

1.合同;契约
Acontract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.

e.g. The company won a prestigiouscontract 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。
e.g. He was given a seven-yearcontract 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.签合同，订立契约(做某事)
If youcontract with someoneto do something, you legally agree to do it for them or for them to do it for you.

e.g. You cancontract with us to deliver your cargo...
你可以跟我们签订送货合同。
e.g. The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has already contracted to lease part of its collection to a museum in Japan.
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.(使)收缩;(使)缩小;(使)缩短
When somethingcontracts or when somethingcontracts it, it becomes smaller or shorter.

e.g. 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。
e.g. New research shows that an excess of meat and salt cancontract muscles.
新的研究表明，过量食用肉类和盐可能会导致肌肉收缩。

4.(经济、市场等)紧缩，缩小
When something such as an economy or marketcontracts, it becomes smaller.

contract的意思

e.g. 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。

5.感染，患(病)
If youcontract a serious illness, you become ill with it.

contract在线翻译

e.g. He contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion...
他因为输血而感染了艾滋病。
e.g. Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer contracted by women.
卵巢癌是女性常患的第六大癌症。

6.订立(婚约);签订(盟约等)
If youcontract a marriage, alliance, or other relationship with someone, you arrange to have that relationship with them.

e.g. 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。

7.买凶杀人的协议
If there is acontract on a person or on their life, someone has made an arrangement to have them killed.

e.g. The convictions resulted in the local crime bosses putting acontract on him...
这些判罪导致当地犯罪团伙的老大们要雇凶杀他。
e.g. The police advised her to get out of town because there was acontract on her life.
警察建议她离开这个城市，因为有人雇杀手杀她。

8.签订工作合同的
If you areunder contract to someone, you have signed a contract agreeing to work for them, and for no-one else, during a fixed period of time.

contract的反义词

e.g. The director wanted Olivia de Havilland, then undercontract 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。

相关词组：contract out

1. Earthworms can contract.
   蚯蚓能缩小。
2. Metal contracts as it becomes cool.
   金属冷却时体积缩小。
3. Bad habits are easy to contract.
   坏习惯是很容易养成的。

1. They've contracted an agreement.
   他们缔结了一项协议。
2. The two business contracted a merger.
   这两家公司签约合并为一家。
3. She contracted debts of 1000 yuan .
   她负债一千元。
4. He contracted huge debts by rash spending.
   他由于乱花钱而背上沉重的债务。
5. His hoarseness and coughing showed that he had contracted a cold.
   他嗓音嘶哑又咳嗽,这表明他患了感冒。
6. My son's contracted a severe fever.
   我的儿子已患病,严重高烧。
7. When you bend your elbow, you contract the muscles of the arm.
   你屈肘时,手臂的肌肉收缩。
8. By moving into smaller quarters he hoped shortly to contract his expenses.
   他搬进了较小的住房,希望不久就会紧缩自己的开销。

1. They have contracted to build a railway across Africa.
   他们已立约承建一条穿越非洲的铁路。

1. Once you have reached formal agreement, you should enter into a contract with the other party.
   你一旦达成正式协议,就应该和对方签订合同。
2. How long ago did you sign the contract?
   你多久以前签的合同?
3. We can ill afford to lose this contract.
   我们承受不起失去这份合同所带来的损失。

• She wondered if having failed in one marriage she should hastily contract another.

  出自：I. Murdoch

contract, abbreviate, abridge, condense, shorten

这组词用于字词、段落、章节等时,都含有“删减”或“精简”的意思。它们的区别在于:

1.abridge, condense和shorten都可指压缩文章、著作的篇幅而内容不变, abridge比shorten更文雅; abbreviate主要用于删除音节、字母或单词而保留词头; contract通常指省略单词的中间部分,不包括只保留词头的词。

2.表示“缩略成…”时, abbreviate, condense, contract和shorten常与介词to搭配; condense也常与介词into搭配。

contract, compress, condense, shrink

这组词都可表示“压缩”。condense指用一定的方法使物体聚缩得更紧密、结实或更浓厚、稠密,或减去不必要的部分使其体积变小,但不失去基本内容; compress指通过压〔挤,弄平〕等方式使物体变小或具有一定形状; contract指一物体由于某种原因或使用某种方法而使其体积由大变小或由长变短; shrink指长度、范围、容积等的收缩或变小。

contract, covenant, engage, pledge, promise

这组词都有“允诺”的意思。其区别是：

promise指作出口头或书面的许诺,但仅指主观意愿,并不暗示一定能实现或有实现的基础; engage指在正式或重大场合用誓言、条约等许下有约束力的诺言或作出可以信赖的保证,尤指订婚; pledge指用行动或言语作出庄严的许诺或正式保证; covenant指订立双方或多方共同遵守的协议; contract指订立慎重并且通常有法律效力的合同或协议。例如:

Our son is engaged to a nice young girl.我们的儿子已跟一位漂亮的女孩订了婚。

I covenant to pay 5000 pounds a year to help rebuild the college.我立约保证每年将付5000英镑帮助重建学院。

They have pledged that any detail given to them will remain confidential.他们已保证,给他们提供的任何细节将予以保密。

Many councils are contracting out services such as rubbish collection to private companies as a way of cutting costs.许多市政会把垃圾收集这样的服务项目包给私人公司以减少费用。

contract, agreement, pact, treaty

这组词都可指“协定”。pact用来指国家、团体或个人之间的“协定”

treaty指在外交谈判后按国际公法签署的正式条约,在重要性和约束力上都比pact强; agreement泛指人与人之间、团体或国家之间达成的任何“合同,协定”,包括正式的或非正式的、书面的或口头上的; contract通常用于双方或多方订立的“契约”,为正式的,有法定效力。

agreement，contract，treaty，convention，bargain，understanding，accord

这些名词均含“协定，协议，契约，合同”之意。

agreement普通用词，含义最确定，泛指个人、团体或国家之间取得一致而达成的任何协议、协定或合同、契约等，可以是口头的，也可以是书面的。

contract侧重指双方或多方订立的具有法律效力的正式的书面合同或契约。

treaty指国家之间经外交谈判后依照国际法签订的正式条约。

convention比treaty更专门化，但不及treaty正式。也可指国家之间就有关事情签订的条约。

bargain通常指商业交往中的购销合同。

understanding指不具约束力的非正式的协议。

accord多指国际间的非正式协议。

condense，compress，contract，shrink

这些动词均含“收缩，压缩”之意。

condense指将东西压缩得更紧密、紧凑，但不失去原有的内容。

compress指把乱而不成形的东西压成一定形状。

contract主要指以内、外部力量进行紧缩，也可用作引申。

shrink侧重指因收缩而达不到原有的长度、体积或容积。