contracted

The noun is pronounced /'kɒntrækt/. The verb is pronounced /kən'trækt/. 名词读作 /'kɒntrækt/，动词读作 /kən'trækt/。


1. N-COUNT 合同;契约
   A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
   1. The company won a prestigious contract for work on Europe's tallest building...
      这家公司赢得了一份极为重要的合同，参与建设欧洲最高的大厦。
   2. He was given a seven-year contract with an annual salary of $150,000.
      他签下了一份为期7年的合同，年薪为15万美元。
2. VERB 签合同，订立契约(做某事)
   If you contract with someone to do something, you legally agree to do it for them or for them to do it for you.
   1. You can contract with us to deliver your cargo...
      你可以跟我们签订送货合同。
   2. The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has already contracted to lease part of its collection to a museum in Japan.
      波士顿美术博物馆已经签订合同，将其部分藏品租借给日本一家博物馆。
3. V-ERG (使)收缩;(使)缩小;(使)缩短
   When something contracts or when something contracts it, it becomes smaller or shorter.
   1. Blood is only expelled from the heart when it contracts...
      血液在心脏收缩的时候从心脏流出。
   2. New research shows that an excess of meat and salt can contract muscles.
      新的研究表明，过量食用肉类和盐可能会导致肌肉收缩。
4. VERB (经济、市场等)紧缩，缩小
   When something such as an economy or market contracts, it becomes smaller.
   1. The manufacturing economy contracted in October for the sixth consecutive month.
      10月，制造业经济已经连续第6个月出现萎缩状况。
5. VERB 感染，患(病)
   If you contract a serious illness, you become ill with it.
   1. He contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion...
      他因为输血而感染了艾滋病。
   2. Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer contracted by women.
      卵巢癌是女性常患的第六大癌症。
6. VERB 订立(婚约);签订(盟约等)
   If you contract a marriage, alliance, or other relationship with someone, you arrange to have that relationship with them.
   1. She contracted a formal marriage to a British ex-serviceman.
      她和一个英国退役军人正式订婚了。
7. N-COUNT 买凶杀人的协议
   If there is a contract on a person or on their life, someone has made an arrangement to have them killed.
   1. The convictions resulted in the local crime bosses putting a contract on him...
      这些判罪导致当地犯罪团伙的老大们要雇凶杀他。
   2. The police advised her to get out of town because there was a contract on her life.
      警察建议她离开这个城市，因为有人雇杀手杀她。
8. PHRASE 签订工作合同的
   If you are under contract to someone, you have signed a contract agreeing to work for them, and for no-one else, during a fixed period of time.
   1. The director wanted Olivia de Havilland, then under contract to Warner Brothers.
      导演想要当时签约于华纳兄弟娱乐公司旗下的奥利维娅·德哈维兰出演。

1. He contracted Spanish flu, which almost killed him.
   他得了西班牙流感，险些丧命。
2. The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has already contracted to lease part of its collection to a museum in Japan.
   波士顿美术博物馆已经签订合同，将其部分藏品租借给日本一家博物馆。
3. The manufacturing economy contracted in October for the sixth consecutive month.
   10月，制造业经济已经连续第6个月出现萎缩状况。
4. He contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion
   他因为输血而感染了艾滋病。
5. Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer contracted by women.
   卵巢癌是女性常患的第六大癌症。
6. When Barclays Bank contracted out its cleaning, the new company was cheaper.
   当巴克莱银行外包其结算业务后，新公司的价格更为便宜。
7. He contracted a rare form of cancer
   他得了一种罕见的癌症。
8. I seemed to have contracted the stomach problem
   我好像得了胃病。
9. There is a strong possibility that the cat contracted the condition by eating contaminated pet food.
   猫很有可能是吃了受污染的宠物食品而染上这种疾病的。
10. He has contracted for the building of the house at 20,000 dollars.
    他已经以两万美元承包建造这座房子。
11. The patient has contracted a fatal illness. There is little chance of his recovery.
    这个病人已病入膏肓，没有多少痊愈的希望了。
12. The city council has already contracted out the work on the new road.
    市政会已把这条新路的铺设工作包出去了。
13. The No.2 building company has contracted to build the hotel.
    宾馆由第二建筑公司承建。
14. The two business contracted a merger.
    这两家公司签约合并为一家。
15. They contracted with that factory for ten lathes.
    他们和那家工厂立约购买10台车床。
16. "I am" is often contracted to "I'm".
    iam常缩写成i'm。
17. How many of the companies have contracted in so far?
    到目前为止已有多少公司承诺加入呢？
18. Party A shall not supply the contracted commodity to any other buyer ( s) in the above mentioned territory.
    甲方不得向经销地区其买主供应本协议所规定商品。
19. Our shop contracted with a clothing firm to buy100 coats a week.
    我们商店和一家服装公司签订合同，每周从那里买一百件外套。
20. The woman claims that she contracted a form of marriage with the prisoner, who already has a wife.
    这位妇女声称她与这个囚犯曾订立婚约，但他已经有了妻子。
21. The city council has contracted with white company for the new building.
    市议会已与怀特公司就建造新楼一事签了合同。
22. In her old age, my aunt had contracted a strong friendship with a retired sea-captain.
    我姨妈在老年时和一个退休了的船长结下了深厚的友谊。
23. The builders have contracted for three bridges this year.
    今年这些建筑工人已经承包了三座新桥梁。
24. Simone may have contracted a virus.
    西蒙妮可能真的染了病毒。
25. They contracted a trade agreement with Japan.
    他们和日本订立了一项贸易协定。
26. The government of Sierra Leone has contracted us.
    塞拉利昂政府和我们签了合同。
27. One of our neighbouring countries has contracted an alliance with another country.
    我们的一个邻国和另一国订立了联盟。
28. We have contracted that firm for the job.
    我们和那家公司订了该工作的契约。
29. I have contracted for the supply of raw materials to the factory.
    我已合同承包了这家工厂的原材料供应。
30. The farmer contracted to lease his land.
    这位农场主订了出租自己土地的合同。

adj

1. reduced in size or pulled together
   1. the contracted pupils of her eyes