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| 1 | a written legal agreement between two people or businesses that says what each must do for the other or give to the other 合同；契约 |
| After six months she was offered a contract of employment. 6个月以后，她得到一张聘任合同。 |
| The firm has won a £5 million contract to build ships for the navy. 该公司赢得了一份总价为500万英镑的海军造船合同。 |
| +with Our contract with the BBC expires next year. 我们与英国广播公司的合同明年到期。 |
| be on a contract (=have a contract to work for someone) Are you on a permanent or a fixed-term contract? 订有工作合同 |
| be under (a) contract to sb/sth (=have obligations as a result of a contract with them) She is still under contract to Microsoft. 与某人/某机构订有合同 |
| under a contract Under his contract he is not allowed to work for any other publisher. 根据合同，他不可以为任何其他出版商工作。 |
| be in breach of contract (=have done something the contract says you must not do) The court found that the company was in breach of contract. 违约；违反合同 |
| subject to contract (=not yet agreed by it) The house has been sold subject to contract. 须经签约 |
| sign a contract He has signed a six-year contract with Manchester United. 他与曼联队签了6年合同。 |
| award sb a contract The contract for building the hospital has been awarded to a Dutch company. 建造医院的合同已经签给了一家荷兰公司。 |
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| 2 | informal an agreement by which you pay someone to kill another person for you 暗杀协议 |
| a contract killer/killing 雇佣杀手/雇佣谋杀 |
| take out a contract on sb She was accused of taking out a contract on her own husband. 她因雇人谋杀亲夫被起诉。 |
| Words frequently used with contract | | contract 的常见搭配词 | | verbs | award, break, fulfil, honour, negotiate, renew, secure, sign, win, | 1 | | | |
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