contract
contract
英[ˈkɒntrækt]美[ˈkɑːntrækt]
n.合同，契约；
复数：contracts;
第三人称单数：contracts;
过去式：contracted;
过去分词：contracted;
现在分词：contracting;
例句
The contract is worked off.合同已经履行完毕。
He didn't keep to the letter of the contract.他没有严格按照合同的条文办事。
They have entered into a contract.他们已签订合同。
He drove a hard bargain with me over the terms of the contract.他就合约条件极力地和我讨价还价。
He was technically in breach of contract.严格按照法律条文来讲,他是违约了。
As regards the method of payment, a decision will be made after the contract has been signed.至于付款方式，会在合同签订以后再作决定。
the said contract上述契约
Has your lawyer drawn up the contract yet?你的律师把契约写好了没有?
Her boss blew her up for losing the contract.她的老板因为她遗失了合同而把她骂了一顿。
vitiate a contract使契约失效
英语六级真题
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 BManufacturing 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 CMaple 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 BSo 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 AThe 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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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.
例句
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*高的大厦。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 you contract with someone to do something, you legally agree to do it for them or for them to do it for you.
例句
You can contract with us to deliver your cargo...你可以跟我们签订送货合同。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 something contracts or when something contracts it, it becomes smaller or shorter.
例句
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。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 market contracts, it becomes smaller.
例句
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 you contract a serious illness, you become ill with it.
例句
He contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion...他因为输血而感染了艾滋病。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 you contract a marriage, alliance, or other relationship with someone, you arrange to have that relationship with them.
例句
She contracted a formal marriage to a British ex-serviceman.她和一个英国退役*人正式订婚了。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.
例句
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。The police advised her to get out of town because there was a contract on her life.**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 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.
例句
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。英汉词典释义
vt. & vi.
染上(恶习, 疾病等)
Bad habits are easy to contract.坏习惯很容易养成。My son's contracted a severe fever.我的儿子发高烧。(使)收缩，(使)紧缩；(使)缩短；(使)皱缩
Metal contracts as it becomes cool.金属冷却时体积缩小。vt.
ˈkɔntrækt
缔结; 订契约
They've contracted an agreement.他们缔结了一项协议。They have contracted to build a railway across Africa.他们已立约承建一条穿越非洲的铁路。（与…）订立（婚约）；（与…）缔结（同盟）
缩约，紧缩(词、短语等)
The word “not” is generally contracted and used with a verb.“not”这个词一般都被缩约并与动词合成一体。招致；负(债等)
He contracted huge debts by rash spending.他由于大手大脚地花钱而负了大量的债。与…结交，与…结识
Mr Brown contracted friendship with his neighbour.布朗先生与他的邻居交了朋友。n.
ˈkɔntrækt
契约, 合同
Once you have reached formal agreement, you should enter into a contract with the other party.你一旦达成正式协议, 就应该和对方签订合同。婚约
【法律】契约法，合同法
行贿；受贿
特殊期货交易合同的每一部分
vi.
订契约；承包
We contracted with a local clothing firm for 400 shirts a month.我们与当地一家服装公司立约每月订购400件衬衫。英英词典释义
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"行业词典
公路科技： 合同；
医学： 收缩，缩短：如肌肉的收缩；获得，招致；
旅游： 合同；
水利： 承包合同；确定发包与承包双方的权利与义务，并受法律保护的契约性文件。；
法律： 协议；契约；承办；约据；订约；立约；合同；
金融： 现金交易；合约；定幅式远期合约；
