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contracted contract

contracted
[kənˈtræktid] 生词本

adj.

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The noun is pronounced /'kɒntrækt/. The verb is pronounced /kən'trækt/. 名词读作 /'kɒntrækt/，动词读作 /kən'trækt/。
1. N-COUNT 合同;契约 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. 

  • 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。

  • 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。

2. VERB 签合同，订立契约(做某事) If you contract with someone to do something, you legally agree to do it for them or for them to do it for you. 

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

    你可以跟我们签订送货合同。

  • 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。

3. V-ERG (使)收缩;(使)缩小;(使)缩短 When something contracts or when something contracts it, it becomes smaller or shorter. 

  • 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。

  • 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。

contraction

  • ...the contraction and expansion of blood vessels...

    血管的收缩和扩张

  • Foods and fluids are mixed in the stomach by its muscular contractions.

    通过胃部肌肉的收缩食物和流质在胃中混合。

4. VERB (经济、市场等)紧缩，缩小 When something such as an economy or market contracts, it becomes smaller. 

  • 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。

5. VERB 感染，患(病) If you contract a serious illness, you become ill with it. 

  • He contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion...

    他因为输血而感染了艾滋病。

  • 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。

6. VERB 订立(婚约);签订(盟约等) If you contract a marriage, alliance, or other relationship with someone, you arrange to have that relationship with them. 

  • 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。

7. N-COUNT 买凶杀人的协议 If there is a contract on a person or on their life, someone has made an arrangement to have them killed. 

  • 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。

  • 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。

8. PHRASE 签订工作合同的 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. 

  • 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。

相关词组：
contract out 
Adjective

1. reduced in size or pulled together;

  • "the contracted pupils of her eyes"
1. He contracted a bad habit.
他养成一种恶习。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. He has contracted for the building of the house at 20,000 dollars.
他已经以两万美元承包建造这座房子。

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3. How 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？

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4. My son's contracted a severe fever.
我的儿子发高烧。

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5. She had contracted an alliance with a wealthy man of rank.
她和一位有身份的富人联姻。

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6. The 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。

来自《简明英汉词典》

7. The city council has already contracted out the work on the new road.
市议会已把这条新路的铺设工作包出去了。

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8. The city council has contracted with White Company for the new building.
市议会已与怀特公司就建造新大楼一事签了合同。

来自《简明英汉词典》

9. The patient has contracted a fatal illness. There is little chance of his recovery.
这个病人已病入膏肓，没有多少痊愈的希望了。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

10. They contracted to build the new bridge.
他们签订合同造新桥。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

11. They have contracted to build a railway across Africa.
他们已立约承建一条穿越非洲的铁路。

来自《简明英汉词典》

12. They've contracted an agreement.
他们缔结了一项协议。

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