contract
['kɔntrækt,kən'trækt]
n.合同, 婚约, 合约, 契约
v.缩小, 订合同, 缩短, 感染(疾病), 招致
例句与用法:
I'm not a permanent employee; I'm working here on a fixed-term contract.
我并不是永久雇员,而是根据定期合同在此工作的。
Marriage is, first of all, a contract which must be governed by justice.
婚姻首先是一种契约,它必须以公正为制约。
The city contracted for a library with their firm.
市政当局和他们公司订立了修建图书馆的合同。
词形变化:
形容词: contractible | 名词: contractibility | 动词过去式: contracted | 动词过去分词: contracted | 动词现在分词: contracting | 动词第三人称单数: contracts |
详细释义:
n.[C]
1. 契约; 合同
I was then under contract to a bus company.
那时候我按合同为一家公共汽车公司工作。
2. 契约书; 合约书
3. (桥牌)合约
4. 婚约
vt.
1. 缔结; 订(约)[(+with)]
The two businesses contracted a merger.
两家商行签约合并了。
2. 承包, 承办[(+to)]
3. 使订婚约[(+to)]
4. 得(病); 沾染(习惯); 负(债)
I contracted a cold.
我得了感冒。
5. 使缩小; 使收缩
vi.
1. 订契约[(+with)]
We contracted with a Japanese firm for the purchase of electronic instruments.
我们与一家日本公司签约购买电子仪器。
2. 承包, 承办[(+to)]
3. 缩小; 收缩
Metals contract in cold weather.
金属在寒冷的天气里收缩。