contract

contract
noun

a written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law
（尤指雇用、销售或租赁）合同，契约
the company retained its £25 million catering contract.
该公司保住了它价值2,500万英镑的饮食供应合同。
[mass noun]much of the produce is grown under contract.
许多农产品是根据合同种植的。
■[mass noun]the branch of law concerned with the making and observation of such agreements
合同法，契约法
■(informal)an arrangement for someone to be killed by a hired assassin
(非正式)（雇用刺客的）暗杀协议
smuggling bosses routinely put out contracts on witnesses.
走私头目像往常一样雇用刺客谋杀证人。
[as modifier]a contract killer.
雇佣杀手。
■(Bridge)the declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trumps
(桥牌)定约；定约墩数
South can make the contract with correct play.
坐在南首的人可以制定无错玩法。
■(dated)a formal agreement to marry
(旧)婚约

verb

[no obj.]decrease in size, number, or range
收缩；缩小；缩短；缩紧
glass contracts as it cools.
玻璃遇冷收缩。
■(of a muscle) become shorter and tighter in order to effect movement of part of the body
（肌肉）收缩
the heart is a muscle which contracts about seventy times a minute.
心脏是一种每分钟收缩约70次的肌肉。
[with obj.]the exercises contract the muscles working through the knee.
这种锻炼收缩膝盖牵引的肌肉。
■[with obj.]shorten (a word or phrase) by combination or elision
缩约（词，短语）
[no obj.]enter into a formal and legally binding agreement
订立合同，订契约
the local authority will contract with a wide range of agencies to provide services.
地方当局将与各种代理机构签约以提供服务。
■(contract in/into)(Brit.)choose to be involved in (a scheme or commitment)
(英)参与计划；承担义务
politically committed members contract into paying the levy.
政党成员有义务缴纳征收费用。
■(contract out)(Brit.)choose to withdraw from or not become involved in a scheme or commitment
(英)退出协议；退出计划；不承担义务
plans to encourage people to contract out of the pension scheme.
鼓励人们退出养老金计划的办法。
■secure specified rights or undertake specified obligations in a formal and legally binding agreement
立约确保权利（或承担义务）
a buyer may contract for the right to withhold payment.
顾客可以立约保留拒付的权利。
[with infinitive]the paper had contracted to publish extracts from the diaries.
此文件约定出版日记摘录。
■[with obj. and infinitive]impose an obligation on (someone) to do something by means of a formal agreement
立约雇用
health authorities contract a hospital to treat a specific number of patients.
卫生机构约定一家医院收治一定数量的病人。
■[with obj.](contract something out)arrange for work to be done by another organization
协议把（工作）包出去；给人承包
local authorities will have to contract out waste management.
地方当局将不得不把废物处理工程承包出去。
■[with obj.](dated)formally enter into (a marriage)
(旧)订婚
kings obtained dispensations to enable them to contract politically advantageous matches.
国王们获取特许以便缔结有利的政治婚约。
■[with obj.]enter into (a friendship or other relationship)
结成（友谊等），结交
the patterns of social relationships contracted by men and women differ.
男女结交的模式各不相同。
[with obj.]catch or develop (a disease or infectious agent)
染上；感染；得（病）
three people contracted a killer virus.
三个人感染了一种致命的病毒。
[with obj.]become liable to pay (a debt)
负（债）
he contracted a debt of £3,300.
他负债3,300英镑。

派生
contractive
adjective
语源

Middle English: via Old French from Latin contractus, from contract- 'drawn together, tightened', from the verb contrahere, from con- 'together' + trahere 'draw'

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