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
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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。
SYN agreement, deal [informal] , commission, commitment
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]
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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。
SYN agree, arrange, negotiate, engage
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
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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。
SYN constrict, confine, tighten, shorten
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]
SYN catch, get, develop, acquire
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
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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。
Phrasal verbs: - contract out
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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