contract

1. N-COUNT 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. 合同

The company won a hefty contract for work on Chicago's tallest building. 公司贏得了芝加哥最高建筑的重要施工合同。

Have you read the contract?

你看過(guò)這份合同了嗎？

2. V-T If you contract with someone to do something, you legally agree to do it for them or for them to do it for you. (與某人) 簽訂合同[正式]

You can contract with us to deliver your cargo. 你們可以和我們簽訂合同，由我們負(fù)責(zé)運(yùn)輸你們的貨物。

3. V-T/V-I When something contracts or when something contracts it, it becomes smaller or shorter. 縮小; 縮短; 使縮小; 使縮短

Blood is only expelled from the heart when it contracts. 心臟收縮時(shí)，血液才從心臟射出。

4. contractionN-VAR 收縮

...the contraction and expansion of blood vessels. …血管的收縮與擴(kuò)張。

5. V-I When something such as an economy or market contracts, it becomes smaller. (經(jīng)濟(jì)、市場(chǎng)等) 萎縮

The manufacturing economy contracted in October for the sixth consecutive month. 制造業(yè)經(jīng)濟(jì)到10月份已連續(xù)萎縮6個(gè)月了。

6. V-T If you contract a serious illness, you become ill with it. 染 (重病)[正式] [no cont]

He contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion. 他因一次輸血感染了艾滋病。

7. PHRASE 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. 已經(jīng)與…簽訂合同

The director wanted Olivia de Havilland, then under contract to Warner Brothers. 導(dǎo)演想要奧莉維亞·德·哈維蘭，但是那時(shí)她已經(jīng)簽約華納兄弟公司。