| 词汇 | contract |
| 释义 | contract /kәn`trakt/ (过去式: contracted; 过去完成式: contracted; 现在进行式: contracting) v.t. To wrinkle, as the brows. 皱(眉)。 contract one’s brows 皱起眉头。 To become affected with, as a disease; acquire; incur, as a debt. 感染(如疾病)；招致；负(债)。 I have contracted the bad habit of smoking. 我已沾染吸烟的恶习。 To establish by formal agreement. 订约；立合同。 A foreign firm has contracted to build a new railway across Africa. 一家外国公司已缔约建造一条横越非洲的新铁路。 To shorten (a word) by omitting a part. (字的)缩写。 We contract words like "are not" to form "aren't" and "she had" to form "she'd". 我们把一些像 "are not" 、 "she had" 的字缩写成 "aren't" 、 "she'd"。 To make a promise of marriage. 订婚。 contract my daughter with his son 替我女儿与他的儿子订婚?。 v.i. To shrink. 缩。 Metal contracts as it becomes cool. 金属变冷时会收缩。 When you bend your elbow, the muscles of the arm contract. 当你弯曲肘部时，手臂上的肌肉就收缩。 To make a contract: to agree to do something. 订约。 contract with a carpenter for repairs 与一木匠订修理契约。 phrases contract in 正式约定参加(某活动)。 /`kɑntrakt/ n. A written agreement. 契约；合同。 a contract for goods 购货契约。 A legal agreement, or the document containing it. 正式契约；契约书。 idoms contract bridge 合约桥牌。 cf. Agreement, the most general term, names an arrangement made by general consent of the parties to it. Agreement 语意最笼统，指各方同意之安排： an agreement to meet for lunch 中午聚餐之约。 A contract is a formal, binding, and enforceable agreement. Contract 则为正式、需履行义务，且法律可强制执行之约定： a teacher's contract 教员之聘约。 Bargain is used mainly of buying and selling. Bargain is used mainly of buying and selling. Bargain 则主要用于买卖之间： to make a bargain with a dealer 与商人交易。 derivatives adj. contractive. synonyms agreement, bargain. |
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