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contract n.合同；v.订合同；收缩 contract (v.) late 14c., "make narrow, draw together;" early 15c. "make an agreement;" from Middle French contracter, from Latin contractus, past participle of contrahere "to draw together, combine, make an agreement" (see contract (n.)). Related: Contracted; contracting.contract (n.) early 14c., from Old French contract (Modern French contrat), from Latin contractus "a contract, agreement," from past participle of contrahere "to draw together," metaphorically, "to make a bargain," from com- "together" (see com-) + trahere "to draw" (see tract (n.1)). U.S. underworld sense of "arrangement to kill someone" first recorded 1940. 【记】con + tract 拖，拉→拖拉到一起→收缩,一起收缩，退步→订合同【相关】abstract 摘要，提炼，抽象，attract 吸引，contract 收缩 合同，detract 转移, distract 转移，分散注意力，extract 拔出 抽出，protract 延长，retract 缩回 取消，subtract 减去，tractable 易驾驭的，tractor 拖拉机

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['kɔntrækt, kən'trækt] 【英】 n. 合同 (a formal agreement)；v. 订合同 (to make a contract)；收缩 (shrink; condense; compress; deflate)【考】 oath : promise / contract : agreement(宣誓是严肃诺言/合 同是严肃协议)contract : implode / descend : plummet(收缩和急剧收缩/下 降和急剧下降)astringent : contraction / anesthetic : insensibility(收缩剂用来收缩/麻 醉剂用来痲醉)convulsion : contraction / frenzy【记】 con＋tract(拉)→拉 到一起→收缩，订合同【同】 派生词: contraction (n. 收缩) v. 签合同; 收缩(使...尺寸缩小) = shrink = condense = compress = deflate = wrinkle; n 合同(具有法律效力的书面协议, 比如: 婚约)【记】con共同, tract拉－拉到一起－收缩; 把人拉到一起－签合同【类】oath: promise = contract: agreement宣誓是严肃的诺言 = 合同是严肃的协议contract: implode = descend: plummet收缩对急剧收缩 = 下降对急剧下降

单词	contract
音标	['kɔntrækt, kən'trækt]
解释	n.合同；v.订合同；收缩
红宝书	【英】 n. 合同 (a formal agreement)；v. 订合同 (to make a contract)；收缩 (shrink; condense; compress; deflate) 【考】 oath : promise / contract : agreement(宣誓是严肃诺言/合同是严肃协议)contract : implode / descend : plummet(收缩和急剧收缩/下降和急剧下降)astringent : contraction / anesthetic : insensibility(收缩剂用来收缩/麻醉剂用来痲醉)convulsion : contraction / frenzy 【记】 con＋tract(拉)→拉到一起→收缩，订合同【同】派生词: contraction (n. 收缩)
字源	contract (v.) late 14c., "make narrow, draw together;" early 15c. "make an agreement;" from Middle French contracter, from Latin contractus, past participle of contrahere "to draw together, combine, make an agreement" (see contract (n.)). Related: Contracted; contracting. contract (n.) early 14c., from Old French contract (Modern French contrat), from Latin contractus "a contract, agreement," from past participle of contrahere "to draw together," metaphorically, "to make a bargain," from com- "together" (see com-) + trahere "to draw" (see tract (n.1)). U.S. underworld sense of "arrangement to kill someone" first recorded 1940.
不择手段背单词	v. 签合同; 收缩(使...尺寸缩小) = shrink = condense = compress = deflate = wrinkle; n 合同(具有法律效力的书面协议, 比如: 婚约) 【记】con共同, tract拉－拉到一起－收缩; 把人拉到一起－签合同【类】oath: promise = contract: agreement宣誓是严肃的诺言 = 合同是严肃的协议contract: implode = descend: plummet收缩对急剧收缩 = 下降对急剧下降
趣味全助记	【记】con + tract 拖，拉→拖拉到一起→收缩,一起收缩，退步→订合同【相关】abstract 摘要，提炼，抽象，attract 吸引，contract 收缩合同，detract 转移, distract 转移，分散注意力，extract 拔出抽出，protract 延长，retract 缩回取消，subtract 减去，tractable 易驾驭的，tractor 拖拉机

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