contract

释义

n.合同; 契约v.签合同，订契约; （使）收缩/缩小; 感染，患(病); 订立（婚约）

词态变化

复数 :   contracts ; 第三人称单数 :   contracts ; 过去式 :   contracted ; 过去分词 :   contracted ; 现在分词 :   contracting ;

实用场景例句

The company secured a prestigious contract to construct Europe's tallest skyscraper.

这家公司获得了一份极为重要的合同，负责建造欧洲最高的摩天大楼。

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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。

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New contracts are offered to streamline the shipment of your goods.

我们提供新合同以简化您货物的运输流程。

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The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has signed a contract to loan some of its collections to a Japanese museum.

波士顿美术博物馆签订了一份合同，将其部分藏品借给日本的一家博物馆。

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The heart contracts, forcing blood to be ejected from its chambers.

心脏收缩，迫使血液从心室中排出。

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Excessive consumption of meat and salty foods may cause muscles to contract, according to recent studies.

最新研究表明，过量摄入肉类和咸味食物可能导致肌肉收缩。

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The production sector saw its economy contract yet again in October, marking half a year of continuous decline.

10月，生产部门的经济再次萎缩，标志着连续半年的持续下滑。

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The patient contracted HIV through contaminated blood during a medical procedure.

这名病人在医疗过程中通过受污染的血液感染了HIV病毒。

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Uterine cancer has now ranked as the sixth most prevalent malignant condition contracted by women.

子宫内膜癌现已成为女性中第六大常见的恶性疾病。

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She entered into a formal marriage contract with a former British soldier.

她与一位前英国士兵签订了正式的婚约。

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The local crime syndicate leaders contracted an assassin to eliminate him following several guilty verdicts.

在几项有罪判决后，当地犯罪集团头目雇了杀手除掉他。

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Authorities issued a warning, advising her to evacuate the city as she was under contract with a professional killer.

当局发布警告，建议她撤离该市，因为她与一名职业杀手签订了合约。

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Bound by a contract to Warner Brothers during that period, Olivia de Havilland remained the filmmaker's top pick.

当时受合约约束为华纳兄弟工作的奥利维娅·德哈维兰始终是制片人的首选。

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真题例句

In those where ties to family and community are strong, lifelong marriages can be promoted by practices such as the cultural prohibition of divorce and arranged marriages that are seen as a contract between two families, not just two individuals.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

largely rely on marriage contracts

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Industrial scientists tend to receive training that academics do not, such as how to build a multidisciplinary team, manage budgets and negotiate contracts.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

They were obliged to fulfill the signed contract.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

The editor is amazed at how quickly Smith gets his stories—only minutes after they happen—but soon he's presented with a contract to sign

出自-2013年6月听力原文

However, Brazil's stretch of misfortune has created opportunities for China, with a Chinese company winning the $100 million contract in 2015 to rebuild the Brazilian station.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

In a report published by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale university, researchers studied 100 professional athletes and their endorsement contracts.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

Robert Summers, who has taught at Cornell Law School for about 40 years, announced this week in a detailed, footnoted memorandum - that he would ban laptop computers from his class on contract law.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Those service contracts include unlimited data use.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

It's a very important contract.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

Cancel the contract with the customer

出自-2013年6月听力原文

We have to accept them; otherwise, we don't get the contracts.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

How did the man get the contracts

出自-2013年6月听力原文

He wants to sign a long-term contract.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

Of course, the conditions of work are very different: The Polytechnic is offering two-year contract which could be renewed, but the language school is only offering a year's contract, and that's a different minus

出自-2010年6月听力原文

During months without water under a harsh sun, they wither, shrink and contract until they look like a pile of dead gray leaves.

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

Manufacturing companies on average rely on more than 35 contract suppliers around the world to create a single product.

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

Maple Hill signs a contract pledging to buy the farmer's milk at a guaranteed base price, plus quality premiums and incentives for higher protein, butter fat and other solids.

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

So I thought it would be wise to take out forward exchange cover to protect our position on the outstanding contract.

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

The strike comes in light of an unsuccessful 19 months of negotiations after the existing labor contract known as the Interactive Media Agreement expired in late 2014.

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

Only when lily walked into the office did she realize that she had left the contract at home.

2015年高考英语天津卷 单项填空 原文

Other organisations such as banks ask customers to sign long contracts they may not read or understand, but Miller believes social media requires special attention because it is so new.

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The language in their contracts is usually harder to understand.

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

We must realise that keeping appointments or being punctual is a contract that is silently agreed and we are expected to respect this contract.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

But under anti-bribery laws, proof must be made of concrete benefits, such as approval of a contract or regulation.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

But under anti-bribery laws, proof must be made of concrete benefits, such as approval for a contract or regulation.

2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun

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

Verb

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. become smaller or draw together;

"The fabric shrank"

"The balloon shrank"

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

"He got AIDS"

"She came down with pneumonia"

"She took a chill"

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"