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con·tract /kənˈtrækt/ vt. | vi. | n. | a. | phr.
I ❶ vt.
1. 使皱缩
Frown contracted his brow. 他蹙眉皱额。
2. 使收缩；使缩小；使缩短
A frightened hedgehog contracts its body into a ball. 刺猬在受惊时缩作一团。
contract one's expenses 紧缩开支
3. 【语】缩约，紧缩
In colloquial English we often contract “he is” to “he's”. 在英语口语里我们常把 “he is”缩约为 “he's”。
4. 结成(友好关系等)
5. 招致(某种不想要的结果)；感染(疾病)；染(习)；负(债)
contract an obligation 招致义务
contract skin cancer 患皮肤癌
He's contracted the habit of talking to himself. 他养成了自言自语的习惯。
contract a debt 负债
6. 限制；缩小…的范围
The town's limits have not been contracted. 那个城镇的地界未曾限定。
7. /ˈkɒntrækt, kənˈt-/ 立约规定(或雇用、承担、执行等)
She is contracted to them until September. 她立约受雇于他们，合同到9月才期满。
The editor contracted the book for the company. 这位编辑替公司为该书约稿。
contract some translation to sb. 约某人翻译一些东西
The two businesses contracted a merger. 这两家公司立约合并。
contract an artist for television programmes 约一位艺术家表演电视节目
She has been contracted to do 10 plays. 她已签了演10部戏的合同。
8. 集中(军队等)
9. [常用被动语态]〈旧〉订(婚)；把…许配
He contracted a marriage with an orphan. 他同一个孤儿订了婚。
She was contracted (in marriage) to a doctor. 她被许配给一位医生。
They were contracted before her father's death. 他们在女方父亲逝世前订了婚。
❷ vi.
1. 皱缩；收缩；缩小；缩短；【语】缩约
His stomach contracted with fright. 他因为恐惧胃部一阵强直性痉挛。
Metal contracts on cooling. 金属冷却时收缩。
In conversational English “is not” often contracts to “isn't”. 在英语会话中，“is not”常缩约为“isn't”。
2. /ˈkɒntrækt, kənˈt-/ 订合同，订契约
The farmer contracted to lease his land. 那农场主立约出租土地。
The steel mill contracted for ten milion tons of iron ore. 炼钢厂立约订购1000万吨铁矿石。
II /ˈkɒntrækt/
n.
1. 【律】合同，契约；承包合同，承包契约
enter into (或 make) a contract with 与…签订合约
a breach of contract 违约行为
fulfil a contract 履行合同
sign a contract 签订合同
foreign companies holding U.S. government contracts 与美国政府签订了合同的外国公司
a contract for two reactors 两台反应堆的合同
He has a four-year contract (of employment) with us. 他与我们订有4年(雇用)合同。
The boys were sold into the hands of their masters on contract. 男孩们被立约卖到主人手里。
I have ten free-lance writers under contract. 我有10名按合同为我工作的自由撰稿人。
He is working under contract to us. 他在按合同为我们工作。
2. 【律】合同法，契约法
3. 财产让与合同
4. 订婚；婚约
5. 定约桥牌(= contract bridge)； 取得定约的竞叫；(定约者宣称的)定约墩数(即以某花色为王牌须赢得若干墩方作完成定约的约定)
6. 【语】缩约词；缩约形式
7. 火车季票
8. 〈美俚〉小恩小惠；贿赂
9. 〈口〉(与职业刺客达成的)暗杀协议
10. 〈美口〉(尤指艰难的)工作，任务
III a.
1. 【语】缩约的
a contract noun 缩约名词
2. 缩拢的；弄窄的
[< L contractus agreement, something draw up < contrahere to draw together < trahere to draw] phr. bugger the contract 〈军俚〉弄糟 contract (oneself) in (into) 〈英〉订约加入 (…)；订约承担 (…的)义务 contract (oneself) out (of) 〈英〉正式保证不受 (…)约束，退出 (…的)合同 (或协议)contract out of the old-age insurance plan 退出老年保险计划的合约 contract out 立合同把 (工作等)包出 contract out the work on the new road 把新公路的工程包出去 put out a contract on 〈口〉雇用刺客谋杀 The underworld put out a contract on the prosecution witness. 黑社会雇人谋杀控方证人。subject to contract 【律】以合约的签订为条件，须经签约 |