contract-主題

contract

['kɔntrakt,kən'trakt]

n.合同, 婚約, 合約, 契約 
v.縮小, 訂合同, 縮短, 感染（疾病）, 招致

例句與用法：

I'm not a permanent employee; I'm working here on a fixed-term contract.

我並不是永久僱員，而是根據定期合同在此工作的。

Marriage is, first of all, a contract which must be governed by justice.

婚姻首先是一種契約，它必須以公正為制約。

The city contracted for a library with their firm.

市政當局和他們公司訂立了修建圖書館的合同。

詞形變化：

形容詞: contractible | 名詞: contractibility | 動詞過去式: contracted | 動詞過去分詞: contracted | 動詞現在分詞: contracting | 動詞第三人稱單數: contracts |

英文解釋:

名詞 contract:

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

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

同義詞：declaration

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

同義詞：contract bridge

動詞 contract:

enter into a contractual arrangement

同義詞：undertake

engage by written agreement

同義詞：sign, sign on, sign up

squeeze or press together

同義詞：compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, press

become smaller or draw together

同義詞：shrink

be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

同義詞：take, get

make smaller

compress or concentrate

同義詞：condense, concentrate

make or become more narrow or restricted

同義詞：narrow

reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

同義詞：abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, reduce

同義詞

shrink | treaty | agreement | pact | compress | deal | reduce | understanding | bargain | form | alliance | start | sign | sign up | enter into | convention | condense | bond | indenture | come down with | commission | diminish | incubate | enter | into | deflate | narrow | shorten | take | abridge | compact | squeeze | foreshorten | undertake | constrict | cut | declaration | contract bridge | press | get | concentrate | abbreviate | sign on | accord |

反義詞

expand | repudiate | annul |

以上來源於大辭典