contract
基本释义
- n.合同,契约;<非正式>暗杀协议;(桥牌)定约墩数;婚约,订婚
- v.(使)收缩,缩小;签合同,订立契约;患上,感染;订立婚约(或盟约);欠负(债)
词语例句
合同,契约cn.
六级四级The company won a hefty contract for work on Chicago's tallest building.
公司赢得了芝加哥最高建筑的重要施工合同。
Nothing comes to mind right now, but I'd like to go over all the articles of the contract once more before signing it.
目前还没想出什么,但是我想在签合同之前把所有的条款再检查一遍。
Workers on part-time contracts who only work 4 to 5 hours a day are happier than those who work full time.
那些签兼职合同的员工比全职员工更快乐,他们每天只工作4到5个小时。
<非正式>暗杀协议cn.
Her enemy took out a contract on her.
她的敌人花钱雇凶手杀她。
(使)收缩,缩小vt.&vi.
六级The exercise consists of stretching and contracting the leg muscles.
此项训练包括伸展和收缩腿部肌肉。
Blood is only expelled from the heart when it contracts.
心脏收缩时,血液才从心脏射出。
During months without water under a harsh sun, they wither, shrink and contract until they look like a pile of dead gray leaves.
在没有水的几个月里,在强烈的阳光下,它们会枯萎、收缩、萎缩,直到它们看起来像一堆枯死的灰色叶子。
签合同,订立契约vt.&vi.
四级The player is contracted to play until August.
这位选手签约参加比赛到八月份。
You can contract with us to deliver your cargo.
你们可以和我们签订合同,由我们负责运输你们的货物。
One of the best things my company has done is to contract with a language service that offers translations over the phone.
我的公司做过的最好的事情之一,就是与一家提供电话翻译的语言服务公司签订合同。
- He mailed me the contract.他把合同寄给了我。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- The contract has no legal standing.那份合同在法律上没有约束力。来自《牛津词典》
- Without that contract, we're done for.要是没有那个合同,我们就完蛋了。来自《牛津词典》
相关短语
- sign a contract签合同
- contract worker合同工
- contract with sb.与某人签合同
- contract with...与……签合同
- contract with承包;与…订有合约
- contract in[法]保证承担义务
- labor contractn. 劳工合同
- contract management合同管理
- breach of contract违约;违反合同
- sales contract销售合同
- futures contract期货;期货合约;期货合同;期货交易合同
- contract law合同法;契约法;条约法
- sales contract销售合同;货物出口合同;销货合同;销售确认书
- breach of contract违约;违反合同;不履行合同;毁约
- contract bridge桥牌;定约桥牌
词语扩展
- contract/treaty/agreement/understanding/convention/accord/bargain
- contract侧重指双方或多方订立的具有法律效力的正式的书面合同或契约。
- treaty指国家之间经外交谈判后依照国际法签订的正式条约。
- agreement普通用词,含义最确定,泛指个人、团体或国家之间取得一致而达成的任何协议、协定或合同、契约等,可以是口头的,也可以是书面的。
- understanding指不具约束力的非正式的协议。
- convention比treaty更专门化,但不及treaty正式。也可指国家之间就有关事情签订的条约。
- accord多指国际间的非正式协议。
- bargain通常指商业交往中的购销合同。
- compress/contract/shrink/condense
- abstract/subtract/contract/attract
词义分布
英英释义
- n.a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
- n.(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
- n.a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
- v.enter into a contractual arrangement
- v.engage by written agreement
- v.squeeze or press together
- n.an official agreement between two companies or two people
合同- He signed a contract to play for the team for two years.他和该队签了两年合同。
词源
- contract合同,收缩con-, 强调。-tract, 拉,拉紧,词源同attract, retreat. 引申义确立条款,签订合同。
- contract契约,合同词根词缀: con-共同 + -tract-拉,引 → 相互牵扯,拉到一起来