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contract单词基本解析：

n.合同；婚约；合约；契约

v.缩小；订合同；缩短；感染（疾病）；招致

n. 合约, 婚约, 契约
vt. 使皱缩, 使缩短, 感染, 订约, 缔结
vi. 皱缩, 订约, 收缩

n. a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
n. (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
n. a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
v. enter into a contractual arrangement

vt.& vi. 染上（恶习，疾病等）；缩小，紧缩
vi. 订契约，承包

contract变化用词：

复数： contracts
第三人称单数： contracts
过去式： contracted
过去分词： contracted
现在分词： contracting

名词复数形式:contracts 过去分词:contracted 现在分词:contracting 过去式:contracted 第三人称单数:contracts

形容词: contractible 名词: contractibility 过去式: contracted 过去分词: contracted 现在分词: contracting 第三人称单数: contracts

contract中文词源：

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

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相关组词：

contract oneself out of : 约定使自己不受...的约束；

social contract compact : (卢梭等所主张的)社会契约说, 民约论(20世纪70年代英国工党提出的社会合同)；

sales contract [化] 售货合同 [经] 销售合同

Contract-wages 工价

contract date 承包日期，签合同（订约）日期

a yellow-dog contract 以受雇工人不加入工会为条件的雇用契约

absolute contract [经] 不附加条件的合同

abstract contract [法] 无因契约

acceptance contract [经] 承兑合同

accession contract [法] 从契约, 附属契约

action for annulment of contract [经] 申请宣告合同无效的诉讼

action founded in contract [经] 基于合同的诉讼

action on a contract [法] 因契约引起的诉讼

ad referendum contract [经] 草约

adherence to a contract [法] 信守契约

adhesion contract [经] 服从契约

advance money on a contract [经] 预付定金

advertising contract [经] 广告合同

agency contract [经] 代理合同

aleatory contract [法] 射幸契约

amendment of contract [经] 修改合同

contract用法和例句：

Earthwormscancontract.
蚯蚓能缩小。

Metalcontractsasitbecomescool.
金属冷却时体积缩小。

Badhabitsareeasytocontract.
坏习惯是很容易养成的。

用作名词(n.)

They'vecontractedanagreement.
他们缔结了一项协议。

Thetwobusinesscontractedamerger.
这两家公司签约合并为一家。

Shecontracteddebtsof1000yuan.
她负债一千元。

Hecontractedhugedebtsbyrashspending.
他由于乱花钱而背上沉重的债务。

Hishoarsenessandcoughingshowedthathehadcontractedacold.
他嗓音嘶哑又咳嗽,这表明他患了感冒。

Myson'scontractedaseverefever.
我的儿子已患病,严重高烧。

Whenyoubendyourelbow,youcontractthemusclesofthearm.
你屈肘时,手臂的肌肉收缩。

Bymovingintosmallerquartershehopedshortlytocontracthisexpenses.
他搬进了较小的住房,希望不久就会紧缩自己的开销。

I'm going to bring up the contract, player contract.

我现在拿出这份合同 球员合同

We gave the contract to two defense contracting big boys and it was my job mostly to make sure that they delivered and that it worked.

我们把这个工程交给了两个大承包商 我的主要工作就是确保他们交付程序 而且可用

But I'm not atwill. I have a contract.

但我不是任意制雇员 我签了合同

We had a contract, and we more than honored it.

我们签了合同 我们已经很大方了

I'm not at all happy with the contracts.

我对现在的合同不是完全满意

You are out of your network contract.

你不用再履行電視臺的合同了

But they still have you under contract.

但你跟他们仍然有合同关系

No. according to the contract, he is.

不 根据协议 他是的

The contract's frozen. I can't do that to him.

合同被暂缓了 我不能那样对他

No, we're going. It's in the contract.

不 一定要参加 合同里写了

Inaileddownacontracttosellathousandcars.
我敲定了一个出售一千辆汽车的合约。

Incontrast,theukeconomycontinuedtocontract.
而与之相反的是，英国经济仍在继续收缩。

Butevenbeforetheearthquake,thatcontractwascrumbling.
但即便在地震之前，这种契约也在分崩离析。

Tryingtomakeabusinesscontract?
想要写一份商业合同？

Chamberlainhasevenbeenmodestlyexpandingitsstaffasthebiggerfirmscontract.
夏博来律所一直都利用大律所缩小规模时，温和扩张。

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