| 词汇 | contract |
| 释义 | contract noun[ C ] uk /ˈkɒn.trækt/ us /ˈkɑːn.trækt/ B1 a legal document that states and explains a formal agreement between two different people or groups, or the agreement itself: 合同;契约 a contract of employment雇用合同 a temporary/building contract临时／建筑合同 break (the terms of) a contractThey could take legal action against you if you break (the terms of) the contract.如果你违反合同（条款），他们可以起诉你。 draw up a contractMy solicitor is drawing up (= writing) a contract.我的律师正在起草一份合同。 sign/enter into a contractDon't sign/enter into any contract before examining its conditions carefully.仔细核查合同条款之前，不要签定任何合同。 [ + to infinitive ]They're the firm of architects who won the contract to design the Museum of Fine Art extension.他们就是赢得国家美术馆扩建工程设计合同的那家建筑公司。 a decision or arrangement between groups or people agreementDo we have an agreement? understandingWe had an understanding that the businesses would merge, but never got that in writing. gentleman's agreementHe and his builder have a gentleman's agreement that if there are spare materials left after working on the flat, the builder can take them home. dealDo we have a deal? contractThe basketball player was signed to a multimillion-dollar contract with a new team this week. accordThe leaders of the four countries signed a peace accord. be under contract to have formally agreed to work for a company or person on a stated job for a stated period of time: 签订合同（为某公司或某人工作）;有合同约束 They used independent miners who worked under contract with the mining companies. The contract between the two companies will expire at the end of the year.两公司之间的合同将在年底到期。 They will only agree to sign the contract if certain conditions are met.只有某些条件得到了满足，他们才会同意签合同。 I'm on a temporary contract and have little financial security . Under the terms of their contract, employees must give three months' notice if they leave.根据合同条款，雇员离职必须提前3个月通知公司。 Her firm have just won a cleaning contract worth £3 million. Official documents accounts advance directive affidavit aleatory annal conveyance filing free pass gender recognition certificate get-out clause GRC permit prenuptial agreement proceedings provisional licence pt PTO recertification title deed writ contract verb uk /kənˈtrækt/ us /kənˈtrækt/ contractverb (BECOME SMALLER)[ I or T ] to make or become shorter or narrower or generally smaller in size: （使）收缩；（使）缩小；（使）缩短 contract toIn spoken English, "do not" often contracts to "don't".在英语口语中，do not 常常缩略成 don't。 As it cooled, the metal contracted.金属冷却后收缩了。 [ I ] to become smaller in amount or quantity: （使）收缩，缩小 A recession is a period when the economy is contracting.经济衰退期是指经济萎缩的一个时期。 Agricultural output has contracted by 2.3 percent. 农业产量下降了百分之二点三。 to become smaller or less decreaseThe tests show that the tumour has decreased in size since we started treatment. lessenA healthy diet lessens your risk for cardiovascular disease. lowerThey've just lowered the age at which you can join. reduceThey've just reduced the price. bring downThey are bringing down their prices. dropStock prices dropped today after the company's announcement. Becoming and making smaller or less abridgment attenuate attenuated attenuating attenuation compress contraction deflation dwindle dwindling ease ease someone's mindidiom ease up/off halve recede reduce reducible reduction resize trough contractverb (BECOME ILL)C2[ T ]formal to catch or become ill with a disease: 患上，感染（疾病） He contracted malaria while he was travelling.他旅行时染上了疟疾。 Being & falling ill acquire be a martyr to somethingidiom be green around the gillsidiom be hangingidiom be laid upidiom be out of sortsidiom bring declension develop lay someone up martyr not a hundred percentidiom pick pick someone/something up predisposed serious sicken strike succumb upset contractverb (AGREEMENT)C2[ I or T ] to make a legal agreement with someone to do work or to have work done for you: （与…）订立合同;（与…）订契约 [ + to infinitive ]Our company was contracted to build shelters for the homeless.我们公司刚刚签订合同，为无家可归的人建造收容所。 Business - general words addressable addressable market Age of Exploration amortizable anti-commercial contestable contract in/out contract something out contractual contractually importation in business initial public offering IPO lean the tertiary sector time-and-motion study trade secret transact triple play Phrasal verbscontract in/out contract something out contract | American Dictionarycontract noun[ C ] us/ˈkɑn·trækt/ contractnoun[C] (AGREEMENT)a legal document that states and explains a formal agreement between two different people or groups, or the agreement itself: She already has a contract for her next book with a publisher. contractualadjective[ not gradable ]us/kənˈtræk·tʃu·əl/ I have no other contractual obligations. contract verb us/kənˈtrækt/ contractverb (SHORTEN)[ I/T ] to make or become shorter or narrower, or smaller: [ I ]When wet fibers dry, they contract. contractverb (BECOME ILL)[ T ] to catch or become ill with a disease: She contracted pneumonia and was hospitalized. contract verb[ T ] us/kənˈtrækt/ contractverb[T] (AGREE)to arrange through a formal agreement to have a person or company produce something or supply workers or material, esp. for building : The company had been contracted to build shelters for the homeless. To contract out a job is to formally arrange for other people to do it: [ M ]The university contracts out the cleaning to a private company. contract | Business Englishcontract noun[ C ] uk /ˈkɒntrækt/us LAW a formal agreement between two people or companies, or a legal document that explains the details of this agreement: contract for sthThe contract for the new drilling platform went to a Dutch company. contract to do sthHe recently landed a contract to write a book about his expedition. contract with sbState agencies spent about $319 million on contracts with private vendors last year. contract between sb and sbIt is a standard contract between a home seller and their agent. An independent contractor is legally responsible for job completion and, on quitting, becomes liable for breach of contract. draw up/write up a contract enter into/sign a contract be awarded/win/land a contract a long-term/short-term contract FINANCE, STOCK MARKET a formal agreement relating to buying or selling a stock, currency, commodity, etc. for a particular price at a particular time: An option differs from a futures contract, in which both parties make a binding agreement to buy or sell currency at some point in the future. be under contract LAW to have made a formal agreement with another person or company, and be legally responsible for doing what you have agreed to do: We're under contract to complete the job by the end of the year. PROPERTY if a building or property is under contract, the owner has officially agreed to sell it to a particular person for a particular price: Two of the site's 8000 sq ft commercial lofts are currently under contract. put sth out to contract WORKPLACE if an organization, government, etc. puts something out to contract, they allow different companies to compete to provide a service or do a job for them: One way to make the process more efficient would be to put it out to contract. See also aleatory contract annual hours contract bilateral contract evergreen contract executed contract express contract formal contract forward contract frustration of contract futures contract implied contract labor contract naked contract onerous contract options contract oral contract performance contract personal contract rolling contract service contract standard-form contract turnkey contract unenforceable contract unilateral contract voidable contract void contract contract verb uk /kənˈtrækt/us [ I ] ECONOMICS if a market or economy contracts, less money is being earned, spent, or invested in it: contract by 3%/5%, etc. The country’s economy contracted by 2% in the first quarter. [ I or T ] LAW to make a legal agreement with another person or company, for example, to do work for them or to use their services: be contracted to do sthA local architecture firm was contracted to design and plan the new symphony hall. Phrasal verbscontract in contract out contract sth out contract adjective[ before noun ] UKuk /ˈkɒntrækt/us WORKPLACE contract workers are paid by companies or other organizations to work on a particular job, but are not employees of those companies, organizations, etc.: Many contract workers provide services once handled in-house by the military. New and growing businesses often initially hire contract labor to prevent overstaffing and runaway overheads. contract computing staff Compare freelanceadjective Examples of contractcontract In practice most contracts are for between 6 to 9 months. Enterprise reform since the late 1980s has broken this pattern and fixed-term labour contracts have been introduced to cover all seafarers. Export tax revenues fell with falling world prices, and as import volume contracted so did revenues from import taxes. Breaches of these contracts were regarded as criminal, not civil offences. In contrast, contracting dynamics can be used to "write" the information. Such contracts are signed by the maistry, rarely by the planter, and they are seldom, if ever, registered. Construction contracts were tendered locally and therefore came as a boost to local resource and manufacturing industries. Decisions about production mix, terminal use and contracts are considered. The study also considers the earning differentials between men and women and the different types of contracts offered to male and female workers. However, during the period 1936-1960 the nature of contracts changed markedly in the fish-canning sector as a consequence of new legislation. At the time there were 60 retirement contracts covering 74 persons. In tenant farmers' contracts the amount of corn was almost always halved on the death of one of the spouses. Landholders contracted earlier marriages and therefore had more children. The description in the previous section may give the impression that contracts varied so much that no theory could encompass all of them. The early colonia contracts already placed restrictions on building. See all examples of contract These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withcontractcontractThese are words often used in combination with contract. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. annuity contract Second, as already mentioned in the introduction, there is a serious loss of liquidity for the buyer of the annuity contract. binding contract It's not a bindingcontract, you can get right out of it. contract dispute Delays in product development, cramped kitchens and the ongoing franchisee contractdispute prevented the chain from rolling out a grilled product of its own. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with contract |
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