英汉词典

contract 基本解释

• vi. 收缩；感染；订约
• vt. 感染；订约；使缩短
• n. 合同；婚约

contract 词态变化

contract 中文词源

con-, 强调。-tract, 拉，拉紧，词源同attract, retreat. 引申义确立条款，签订合同。

contract 英文词源

contract

contract: [14] English acquired the word contract in stages, although in all cases the ultimate source was contractus, the past participle of Latin contrahere, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and trahere ‘pull, draw’ (source of English traction and tractor). This meant literally ‘pull together’, but it had a variety of metaphorical senses, including ‘bring about’ and ‘enter into an agreement’, and it was the latter which first passed into English via Old French as a noun meaning ‘mutual agreement’.

The arrival of the verb contract did not happen until the 16th century; it developed from an earlier adjective contract, which came again from Old French contract. This introduced a further sense of Latin contrahere; ‘become narrowed, get smaller’.
=> distract, retract, traction, tractor

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.

contract 英文释义

1. a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

2. (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

3. a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid

contract 同义词解析

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。

contract 双语例句

1. A formal contract is signed which is renewable annually.

正式签订了每年可续签的合同。

来自柯林斯例句

2. That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.

那个合同结果成了他的一个负担。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The contract was awarded to a previously unknown company.

合同签给了一个之前并不知名的公司。

来自柯林斯例句

4. She's coining it in with a $10 million contract with Revlon.

她靠与露华浓签订的一笔1,000万美元的合同发了大财。

来自柯林斯例句

5. They can transfer or share the contract with whosoever they choose.

他们可以与他们选择的任何人交换或分享这份合约。

来自柯林斯例句

contract 实用场景例句

‘I will ’ and ‘I shall ’ are usually contracted to ‘I'll ’ (= made shorter) .

I will和I shall通常缩约为I 'll。

牛津词典

They were sued for breach of contract (= not keeping to a contract) .

他们被指控违约。

牛津词典

to take out a contract on sb

获得杀害某人的协议

牛津词典

Glass contracts as it cools.

玻璃遇冷收缩。

牛津词典

a contracting market

萎缩的市场

牛津词典

The heart muscles contract to expel the blood.

心脏肌肉收缩以挤压出血液。

牛津词典

a contract of employment

雇用合同

牛津词典

a research contract

从事研究的合同

牛津词典

a contract worker (= one employed on a contract for a fixed period of time)

合同工

牛津词典

I was on a three-year contract that expired last week.

我签订的三年期合同已于上周期满。

牛津词典

Under the terms of the contract the job should have been finished yesterday.

根据合同的条款，这项工作本应于昨天完成。

牛津词典

She is under contract to (= has a contract to work for) a major American computer firm.

她已签约为一家大的美国计算机公司工作。

牛津词典

The offer has been accepted, subject to contract (= the agreement is not official until the contract is signed) .

此报价已获接受，尚需以签约为准。

牛津词典

These clauses form part of the contract between buyer and seller.

这些条款构成买卖双方所签合同的一部分。

牛津词典

to enter into/make/sign a contract with the supplier

与供应商签订合同

牛津词典

a contract for the supply of vehicles

车辆供应合约

牛津词典

to win/be awarded a contract to build a new school

获得承建一所新学校的合同

牛津词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

You can contract with us to deliver your cargo...

你可以跟我们签订送货合同。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion...

他因为输血而感染了艾滋病。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典