contract是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a legal document that states and explains a formal agreement between two different people or groups, or the agreement itself -- 合同；契約

  • a contract of employment 僱用合同

  • a temporary/building contract 臨時／建築合同

  • They could take legal action against you if you break (the terms of) the contract. 如果你違反合同（條款），他們可以起訴你。

  • My solicitor is drawing up (= writing) a contract. 我的律師正在起草一份合同。

  • Don't sign/enter into any contract before examining its conditions carefully. 仔細核查合同條款之前，不要簽定任何合同。

  • [ + to infinitive ] They're the firm of architects who won the contract to design the Museum of Fine Art extension. 他們就是贏得國家美術館擴建工程設計合同的那家建築公司。

• 1 to make or become shorter or narrower or generally smaller in size -- （使）收縮；（使）縮小；（使）縮短

  • In spoken English, "do not" often contracts to "don't". 在英語口語中，do not 常常縮略成 don't。

  • As it cooled, the metal contracted. 金屬冷卻後收縮了。

• 2 to catch or become ill with a disease -- 患上，感染（疾病）

  • He contracted malaria while he was travelling. 他旅行時染上了瘧疾。

• 3 to make a legal agreement with someone to do work or to have work done for you -- （與…）訂立合同；（與…）訂契約

  • [ + to infinitive ] Our company was contracted to build shelters for the homeless. 我們公司剛剛簽訂合同，為無家可歸的人建造收容所。