contracts

英 [kənˈtrækts]

美 [kənˈtrækts]

n.  合同; 合约; 契约; (雇用杀人的)协议
v.  (使)收缩，缩小; 感染(疾病); 得(病); 与…订立合同(或契约)
contract的第三人称单数和复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

The noun is pronounced /'kɒntrækt/. The verb is pronounced /kən'trækt/. 名词读作 /'kɒntrækt/，动词读作 /kən'trækt/。


• N-COUNT 合同;契约
  Acontractis a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• VERB 签合同，订立契约(做某事)
  If youcontract withsomeonetodo something, you legally agree to do it for them or for them to do it for you.
  1. You can contract with us to deliver your cargo...
     你可以跟我们签订送货合同。
  2. 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。
• V-ERG (使)收缩;(使)缩小;(使)缩短
  When somethingcontractsor when somethingcontractsit, it becomes smaller or shorter.
  1. 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。
  2. New research shows that an excess of meat and salt can contract muscles.
     新的研究表明，过量食用肉类和盐可能会导致肌肉收缩。
• VERB (经济、市场等)紧缩，缩小
  When something such as an economy or marketcontracts, it becomes smaller.
  1. 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。
• VERB 感染，患(病)
  If youcontracta serious illness, you become ill with it.
  1. He contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion...
     他因为输血而感染了艾滋病。
  2. 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。
• VERB 订立(婚约);签订(盟约等)
  If youcontracta marriage, alliance, or other relationship with someone, you arrange to have that relationship with them.
  1. 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。
• N-COUNT 买凶杀人的协议
  If there is acontract ona person or on their life, someone has made an arrangement to have them killed.
  1. 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。
  2. The police advised her to get out of town because there was a contract on her life.
     警察建议她离开这个城市，因为有人雇杀手杀她。
• PHRASE 签订工作合同的
  If you areunder contract tosomeone, you have signed a contract agreeing to work for them, and for no-one else, during a fixed period of time.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• They insisted that a guaranteed supply of Chinese food was written into their contracts
  他们坚持要在合同中写入保证供应中餐的条款。
• The auditor has questioned the legality of the contracts.
  审计员质疑这些合同是否合法。
• The company has 90 staff, almost all on short-term contracts
  公司有90名员工，几乎全是签的短期合同。
• In conversational english "is not" often contracts to "isn't".
  英语口语中isnot常缩写为isn't。
• The contracts are written in obscure language
  这些合同的语言晦涩难懂。
• The company is buffered by long-term contracts with growers.
  公司通过与种植户签订长期合同得到保障。
• There are plenty of precedents in Hollywood for letting people out of contracts.
  在好莱坞，允许影视人员解除合同的先例有很多。
• These black models are moving in on what was previously white territory: the lucrative cosmetic contracts.
  黑人模特正逐步涉足曾是白人主宰的领地：签约获利丰厚的化妆品行业。
• When the legal formalities have been settled, the buyer and seller of a house can exchange contracts.
  房子的买方和卖方办妥法律手续即可交换契约。
• Are the new employee contracts ready?
  对了，新的雇用合同准备好了吗？