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contract n.合同,契约,婚约 v.使缩短,感染,订约 You can also use the word in this sense as a verb meaning "to hire." Wouldn't you like to contract someone to clean your room for you? In other verbal uses of contract, place the accent on the second syllable — kun-TRAKT. If you contract a disease, you catch it, but only use this if it's something serious. You catch a cold, but contract malaria. Contract also means "shrink." When the economy contracts, consumers stop buying things, and people lose their jobs, and if you freeze water, it contracts too. ★★★★☆ 2017.4

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[kən'trækt] When you and someone else have agreed on something and that agreement is both binding and enforceable by law, you have a contract. When you rent an apartment, you and your future landlord sign a rental contract. But under anti-bribery laws, proof must be made of concrete benefits, such as approval of a contract or regulation. The noun is pronounced /'kɒntrækt/. The verb is pronounced /kən'trækt/. 名词读作 /'kɒntrækt/，动词读作 /kən'trækt/。1[N-COUNT 可数名词]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. 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。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。2[VERB 动词]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.   [V with n to-inf]  [V to-inf]  [FORMAL 正式]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。3[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)收缩；(使)缩小；(使)缩短 When something contracts or when something contracts it, it becomes smaller or shorter.   [V]  [V n]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。contraction...the contraction and expansion of blood vessels...血管的收缩和扩张Foods and fluids are mixed in the stomach by its muscular contractions.通过胃部肌肉的收缩食物和流质在胃中混合。4[VERB 动词](经济、市场等)紧缩，缩小 When something such as an economy or market contracts, it becomes smaller.   [V]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。5[VERB 动词]感染，患(病) If you contract a serious illness, you become ill with it.   [V n]  [V-ed]  [no cont]  [FORMAL 正式]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。6[VERB 动词]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.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]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。7[N-COUNT 可数名词]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.   [usu N on n]  [INFORMAL 非正式]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.警察建议她离开这个城市，因为有人雇杀手杀她。8[PHRASE 短语]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.   [oft PHR to n]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。相关词组：contract out

英语单词	contract
英美音标	[kən'trækt]
中文释义	n.合同,契约,婚约 v.使缩短,感染,订约
vocab简明	When you and someone else have agreed on something and that agreement is both binding and enforceable by law, you have a contract. When you rent an apartment, you and your future landlord sign a rental contract.
vocab扩展	You can also use the word in this sense as a verb meaning "to hire." Wouldn't you like to contract someone to clean your room for you? In other verbal uses of contract, place the accent on the second syllable — kun-TRAKT. If you contract a disease, you catch it, but only use this if it's something serious. You catch a cold, but contract malaria. Contract also means "shrink." When the economy contracts, consumers stop buying things, and people lose their jobs, and if you freeze water, it contracts too.
真题原句	But under anti-bribery laws, proof must be made of concrete benefits, such as approval of a contract or regulation.
柯林斯星级	★★★★☆
柯林斯解释	The noun is pronounced /'kɒntrækt/. The verb is pronounced /kən'trækt/. 名词读作 /'kɒntrækt/，动词读作 /kən'trækt/。 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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. 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。 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。 2 [VERB 动词]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. [V with n to-inf] [V to-inf] [FORMAL 正式] 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。 3 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)收缩；(使)缩小；(使)缩短 When something contracts or when something contracts it, it becomes smaller or shorter. [V] [V n] 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。 contraction ...the contraction and expansion of blood vessels... 血管的收缩和扩张 Foods and fluids are mixed in the stomach by its muscular contractions. 通过胃部肌肉的收缩食物和流质在胃中混合。 4 [VERB 动词](经济、市场等)紧缩，缩小 When something such as an economy or market contracts, it becomes smaller. [V] 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。 5 [VERB 动词]感染，患(病) If you contract a serious illness, you become ill with it. [V n] [V-ed] [no cont] [FORMAL 正式] 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。 6 [VERB 动词]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. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] 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。 7 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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. [usu N on n] [INFORMAL 非正式] 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. 警察建议她离开这个城市，因为有人雇杀手杀她。 8 [PHRASE 短语]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. [oft PHR to n] 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。相关词组： contract out
来源	2017.4

Contract [V Ed N Verb 动词 Economy Work