contractcon•tract /kən'trækt/

vt

1. 【语】使收缩；使缩短；使缩小； 缩略

• contract one's expenses 紧缩开支

• In conversational English we often contract “can not” to “can't”. 在英语会话中，我们常把”can not“ 缩写为“can't”。

2. 立约规定(或雇用等)

• He has been contracted to that company 他已经立约受雇于那家公司。

• contract an alliance 结盟

3. 正式 招致(恶果等)；感染(疾病等)；染上(恶习)

• contract a debt 负债

• contract pneumonia 染上肺炎

• contract a bad habit 染上恶习

4. 订(婚)

• contract a marriage 订婚

• She was contracted with a writer. 她被许配给一位作家。

vi

1. 收缩；缩短；缩小

• Metal contracts as it becomes cool. 金属冷却时收缩。

• In conversational English”can not“often contracts to “can't”. 在英语口语中， “can not” 常缩写为“can't” 。

2. 订合同；订契约

• The firm contracted to build the new road within the year. 这家公司签订合同在年内建成新路。

词组contract (oneself)in(或into) 英 订约加入(…)；订约承担(…的)义务 contract out 立合同把(工作等)包出

• contract out the work on the new railway 把新铁路线的工程包出去