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con·tract·s 英'kɒntrækt美'kɑːntrækt 高ＩCOCA⁴⁴⁹³BNC²⁰⁶⁷Economist¹²¹²
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n.合同²;婚约¹;合约⁸;契约⁹v.缩小¹;订合同;缩短¹;感染疾病;招致原型contract的三单形容词contractible名词contractibility过去分词contracted现在分词contracting三单contracts
v.动词
vi. & vt. 缔结; 订契约make, settle or establish by contract vt. 染上恶习; 染上疾病get bad habits; catch an illness vi. 缩小; 紧缩make smaller; shrink
n.名词
C契约,合同compact; pact
Noun:
a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by lawcontract bridge the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must makea variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
Verb:
enter into a contractual arrangementengage by written agreement;They signed two new pitchers for the next season squeeze or press together;she compressed her lips the spasm contracted the muscle be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness;He got AIDS She came down with pneumonia She took a chill become smaller or draw together;The fabric shrank The balloon shrank make smaller;The heat contracted the woollen garment compress or concentrate;Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan make or become more narrow or restricted;The selection was narrowed The road narrowed reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;The manuscript must be shortened
v.动词
contract, abbreviate, abridge, condense, shorten这组词用于字词、段落、章节等时,都含有“删减”或“精简”的意思。它们的区别在于: 1.abridge, condense和shorten都可指压缩文章、著作的篇幅而内容不变, abridge比shorten更文雅; abbreviate主要用于删除音节、字母或单词而保留词头; contract通常指省略单词的中间部分,不包括只保留词头的词。 2.表示“缩略成…”时, abbreviate, condense, contract和shorten常与介词to搭配; condense也常与介词into搭配。 contract, compress, condense, shrink这组词都可表示“压缩”。condense指用一定的方法使物体聚缩得更紧密、结实或更浓厚、稠密,或减去不必要的部分使其体积变小,但不失去基本内容; compress指通过压〔挤,弄平〕等方式使物体变小或具有一定形状; contract指一物体由于某种原因或使用某种方法而使其体积由大变小或由长变短; shrink指长度、范围、容积等的收缩或变小。 contract, covenant, engage, pledge, promise这组词都有“允诺”的意思。其区别是： promise指作出口头或书面的许诺,但仅指主观意愿,并不暗示一定能实现或有实现的基础; engage指在正式或重大场合用誓言、条约等许下有约束力的诺言或作出可以信赖的保证,尤指订婚; pledge指用行动或言语作出庄严的许诺或正式保证; covenant指订立双方或多方共同遵守的协议; contract指订立慎重并且通常有法律效力的合同或协议。例如: Our son is engaged to a nice young girl.我们的儿子已跟一位漂亮的女孩订了婚。
I covenant to pay 5000 pounds a year to help rebuild the college.我立约保证每年将付5000英镑帮助重建学院。
They have pledged that any detail given to them will remain confidential.他们已保证,给他们提供的任何细节将予以保密。
Many councils are contracting out services such as rubbish collection to private companies as a way of cutting costs.许多市政会把垃圾收集这样的服务项目包给私人公司以减少费用。
n.名词
contract, agreement, pact, treaty这组词都可指“协定”。pact用来指国家、团体或个人之间的“协定” treaty指在外交谈判后按国际公法签署的正式条约,在重要性和约束力上都比pact强; agreement泛指人与人之间、团体或国家之间达成的任何“合同,协定”,包括正式的或非正式的、书面的或口头上的; contract通常用于双方或多方订立的“契约”,为正式的,有法定效力。 agreement，contract，treaty，convention，bargain，understanding，accord这些名词均含“协定，协议，契约，合同”之意。 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。 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。 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。 bargain通常指商业交往中的购销合同。 understanding指不具约束力的非正式的协议。 accord多指国际间的非正式协议。 condense，compress，contract，shrink这些动词均含“收缩，压缩”之意。 condense指将东西压缩得更紧密、紧凑，但不失去原有的内容。 compress指把乱而不成形的东西压成一定形状。 contract主要指以内、外部力量进行紧缩，也可用作引申。 shrink侧重指因收缩而达不到原有的长度、体积或容积。 14世纪初期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的contractus：com 一起） +trahere (画）。
用作动词 (v.
～+名词contract one's body缩作一团contract the book约稿contract one's brows皱眉头contract a project承包工程～+副词contract advantageously有利地承包contract legally合法承包contract physically自然地订立合约contract solemnly严肃地缔结contract out立即把工作等包出,退出合同、协议等～+介词contract for订契约,承包,承建contract for a house承包盖房屋contract out of订约使自己不受…的约束,退出合同contract out of an agreement订明不受契约限制contract to sb许配给某人contract with与…立约contract with a factory for machines向某厂订购机器用作名词 n.动词+～break a contract撕毁契约complete a contract合同执行完毕dissolve a contract解除合同write a contract起草合同形容词+～certain contract确定的契约simple contract口头契约void contract无效契约名词+～agency contract代理合同marriage contract婚约insurance contract保险契约～+名词contract party签合同的一方介词+～by contract根据合同law of contract合同法parties to a contract契约的双方under contract根据合同～+介词contract for…的契约contract of sales买卖合同contract with与…的契约
用作动词v.
contract for v.+prep.
承建; 承包,承办 offer one's price for making or supplying (sth) contract for sthThe builders have contracted for three bridges this year.今年这些建筑工人已经承包了三座新桥梁。
contract in v.+adv.
承诺参加 promise officially to take part in (an activity) contract inHow many of the companies have contracted in so far?到目前为止已有多少公司承诺加入呢?
contract out v.+adv.
拒绝参加 refuse to join (in an agreement, etc.) contract outI don't want to be associated with your scheme; I'm contracting out.我不想参与你们的计划; 我要退出。contract sth ⇔ outThe city council has already contracted out the work on the new road.市政会已把这条新路的铺设工作包出去了。contract out of sthWorkers are permitted to contract out of the latest old-age insurance plan.允许工人们不参加最近的老年保险计划。
contract to v.+prep.
缩写成 abbreviate (sth into sth) contract sth to sthIn conversational English “is not” often contracts to “isn't”.英语口语中 is not 常缩写为 isn't 。“I am” is often contracted to “I'm”. I am常缩写成 I'm 。
contract with v.+prep.
与某人或某公司签订合同 make an agreement in law with (sb or a firm) contract sth with sbThe woman claims that she contracted a form of marriage with the prisoner, who already has a wife.这位妇女声称她与这个囚犯曾订立婚约,但他已经有了妻子。
She had contracted an alliance with a wealthy man of rank.她和一位有身份的富人联姻。contract with sthThe city council has contracted with White Company for the new building.市议会已与怀特公司就建造新楼一事签了合同。
They contracted with that factory for ten lathes.他们和那家工厂立约购买10台车床。
Our shop contracted with a clothing firm to buy 100 coats a week.我们商店和一家服装公司签订合同,每周从那里买一百件外套。近义词n. agreement反义词 annul废除repudiate拒绝expand使 … 膨胀
用作动词v.
用作不及物动词
S+～+AEarthworms can contract.蚯蚓能缩小。
Metal contracts as it becomes cool.金属冷却时体积缩小。
Bad habits are easy to contract.坏习惯是很容易养成的。
用作及物动词
S+～+ n./pron.They've contracted an agreement.他们缔结了一项协议。
The two business contracted a merger.这两家公司签约合并为一家。
She contracted debts of 1000 yuan .她负债一千元。
He contracted huge debts by rash spending.他由于乱花钱而背上沉重的债务。
His hoarseness and coughing showed that he had contracted a cold.他嗓音嘶哑又咳嗽,这表明他患了感冒。
My son's contracted a severe fever.我的儿子已患病,严重高烧。
When you bend your elbow, you contract the muscles of the arm.你屈肘时,手臂的肌肉收缩。
By moving into smaller quarters he hoped shortly to contract his expenses.他搬进了较小的住房,希望不久就会紧缩自己的开销。S+～+to- vThey have contracted to build a railway across Africa.他们已立约承建一条穿越非洲的铁路。用作名词n.Once you have reached formal agreement, you should enter into a contract with the other party.你一旦达成正式协议,就应该和对方签订合同。
How long ago did you sign the contract?你多久以前签的合同?
We can ill afford to lose this contract.我们承受不起失去这份合同所带来的损失。
v.动词
contract作“订契约”解时,指双方为共同利益所吸引。用作及物动词时可接名词或动词不定式作宾语; 用作不及物动词接for可表示“承包”“录入”; 接in可表示“承诺加入”; 接with可表示“与…订合约”。 contract作“缩小”解时,指由于内部的力量,使物体的范围和结构收缩集中,多用作不及物动词,引申可表示缩写,这时常接介词to。也可用作及物动词接名词或代词作宾语。 contract用作不及物动词时,可表示“订合同,订约”,后面常接介词with; 与介词for连用表示原因或目的。 contract作“感染疾病”或“染上恶习”解时是及物动词，接名词或代词作宾语。 contract指“合同”时，不能与动词pay搭配，因合同不能支付人任何东西，只是承诺支付，可用assign与其搭配。
名词63%,动词37%
用作名词They had set a term to thecontract.他们已给合同定了期限。
Families sought favourable alliances, either by marriage orcontract.各个家庭通过婚姻或者婚约来建立有力的亲缘关系。
Several companies will bid for thecontract.数家公司要投标争取合约。
He managed to disengage himself from thecontract.他成功地为自己解除了契约义务。用作动词The heatcontractedthe woollen garment.高温让羊毛衣缩小了。
We'd like tocontractin on this project,if possible.如有可能，我们愿意签订合同参加这一计划。
It's an urgent business, we have no time for unnecessary consideration—pleasecontractyour inspection period!这是个紧急时间,我们没时间做多余的考虑了——请缩短你的审查期！
She hascontracteda severe fever.她感染上了严重的热病。
He hascontractedthe habit of talking to himself.他养成了自言自语的习惯。as in.business
同义词 deal,industry,manufacturing,market,trading,transactionaffairs,bargaining,barter,commercialism,dealings,exchange,game,industrialism,merchandising,racket,sales,selling,traffic,undertakingbuying and selling,capital and laboras in.trading
同义词 commerce,deal,dealings,exchange,industry,manufacturing,market,sales,selling,trade,traffic,transactionaffairs,bargaining,barter,commercialism,game,industrialism,merchandising,racket,undertakingbuying and selling,capital and labor,free enterprise,production and distribution
businessnoun commerce, trade
affairs,bargaining,barter,buying and selling,capital and labor,commercialism,deal,dealings,exchange,game,industrialism,industry,manufacturing,market,merchandising,racket,sales,selling,trading,traffic,transaction,undertaking
businessesnoun commerce, trade
Mom and pops,cartels,concerns,corporations,establishments,factories,firms,fly-by-night operations,houses,institutions,markets,megacorps,mills,monopolies,organizations,outfits,partnerships,setups,shoestring operations,shops,stores,syndicates,trusts,ventures
tradingnoun business
affairs,bargaining,barter,buying and selling,capital and labor,commerce,commercialism,contracts,deal,dealings,exchange,free enterprise,game,industrialism,industry,manufacturing,market,merchandising,production and distribution,racket,sales,selling,trade,traffic,transaction,undertaking It is recommended that each level in the contract hierarchy have an associated base contracts organization and account.
建议契约层次结构中的每个级别都有一个关联的基础契约组织和帐户。 ibm
The connector names correspond to the names of their contracts, which, in this case, are the protocols for the corresponding service specifications.
连接器的名称与它们契约的名称相对应，在这种情况下，这是相应的服务规范的协议。 ibm
The government has not yet published guidelines for these contracts, and no deals are expected until next year.
墨西哥政府尚未公开这些合约的指导方针，而且在明年以前不会谈妥任何交易。 ecocn
The project manager sees all the contracts as part of the same record because he thinks on a project- wide basis.
项目经理将所有合同看作同一个记录的一部分，因为他是在项目范围的基础上思考的。 ibm
The role of the government should be to protect contracts, punish fraud and violence through appropriate laws, law enforcement and the courts.
政府的角色应该是通过适合的法律，执法部门和法庭来保护契约、惩罚欺诈和暴力行为。 yeeyan
The service provider should be able to manage the service contracts with the service subscriber in the service registry.
服务提供者应能够与该服务注册中心的服务订阅者一起来管理服务契约。 ibm
All contracts in the store directly, or indirectly, refer to the base for default contract.
商店中的所有契约可以直接或间接地引用缺省契约的基础契约。 ibm
Attitudes are changing, he says, but there are some things that even new contracts and new attitudes cannot fix.
他说：“人们的态度正在转变，但是有些东西即使是新合约和新态度也不能弥补。” yeeyan
But it only provides for the resolution of disputes over pre- existing contracts.
但是它只能提供对于已有的合同纠纷的解决方案。 yeeyan
However, most of these contracts expire this month.
不过，这些合同大部分在本月到期。 yeeyan
I tried to pump him for details of their other contracts.
我想方设法从他嘴里套出他们另一些合同的细节。《21世纪大英汉词典》
Indeed, the ruling is likely to worry firms of all kinds in that it appears to undermine the sanctity of contracts in general.
事实上，这项裁定很可能使各种各样的企业都感到担心，因为它似乎破坏了一切合同的神圣性。 ecocn
Testing is based around the contracts not the design.
测试是围绕契约而不是设计进行的。 infoq
Then when you sign contracts and incur business debts, you are only putting the business on the line.
然后当你签约合同和承担企业债务的时候，你只是把你的业务推到了前线。 yeeyan
These inventors would, of course, have to sign contracts surrendering the right to their ideas.
当然，这些发明人必须和公司签订合同同意放弃对其构想的权利。 yeeyan
These specifications will define contracts between consumers and producers of the service.
这些规范将定义服务的消费者和提供者之间的契约。 ibm
They also described how service providers indicate the contracts that they fulfill to link the service providers back to the business goals, objectives, processes, and requirements.
它们还描述了服务提供者如何指示出它们完成的将服务提供者链接回到业务目标、过程和需求的合同。 ibm
We are just learning that no one, not even the senior people within these banks, knows how much these contracts are worth.
弗兰克.帕特洛伊称，“我们刚刚了解到没有任何人甚至业内资深人士也不知道这些合约值多少钱。” yeeyan
When people talk about losses in finance, they are often thinking about only one side of these contracts.
人们谈论金融资产缩水，其实人们想到的知识往往只是这种交易的合同一面。 yeeyan
You often have to be able to work with people without the protection of legal contracts.
你经常需要在没有合法合同保护的情况下与他人共事。 yeeyan |