contract基本信息
读法：英 ["kɒntrækt] 美 ["kɑntrækt]
释义：
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英英释义
Noun:
"the spasm contracted the muscle"
"She came down with pneumonia"
"She took a chill"
"The balloon shrank"
"The road narrowed"
中英词源
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。
- contract
- contract: [14] English acquired the word contract in stages, although in all cases the ultimate source was contractus, the past participle of Latin contrahere, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and trahere ‘pull, draw’ (source of English traction and tractor). This meant literally ‘pull together’, but it had a variety of metaphorical senses, including ‘bring about’ and ‘enter into an agreement’, and it was the latter which first passed into English via Old French as a noun meaning ‘mutual agreement’.
The arrival of the verb contract did not happen until the 16th century; it developed from an earlier adjective contract, which came again from Old French contract. This introduced a further sense of Latin contrahere; ‘become narrowed, get smaller’.
=> distract, retract, traction, tractor - contract (v.)
- late 14c., "make narrow, draw together;" early 15c. "make an agreement;" from Middle French contracter, from Latin contractus, past participle of contrahere "to draw together, combine, make an agreement" (see contract (n.)). Related: Contracted; contracting.
- contract (n.)
- early 14c., from Old French contract (Modern French contrat), from Latin contractus "a contract, agreement," from past participle of contrahere "to draw together," metaphorically, "to make a bargain," from com- "together" (see com-) + trahere "to draw" (see tract (n.1)). U.S. underworld sense of "arrangement to kill someone" first recorded 1940.
词态变化
复数 contracts;
第三人称单数 contracts;
过去式 contracted;
过去分词 contracted;
现在分词 contracting;
权威造句
- 1. A formal contract is signed which is renewable annually.
- 正式签订了每年可续签的合同。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.
- 那个合同结果成了他的一个负担。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The contract was awarded to a previously unknown company.
- 合同签给了一个之前并不知名的公司。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. She"s coining it in with a $10 million contract with Revlon.
- 她靠与露华浓签订的一笔1,000万美元的合同发了大财。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. They can transfer or share the contract with whosoever they choose.
- 他们可以与他们选择的任何人交换或分享这份合约。
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近反义词
n.
相似短语
单词分析
这些名词均含“协定，协议，契约，合同”之意。agreement普通用词，含义最确定，泛指个人、团体或国家之间取得一致而达成的任何协议、协定或合同、契约等，可以是口头的，也可以是书面的。
contract侧重指双方或多方订立的具有法律效力的正式的书面合同或契约。
treaty指国家之间经外交谈判后依照国际法签订的正式条约。
convention比treaty更专门化，但不及treaty正式。也可指国家之间就有关事情签订的条约。
bargain通常指商业交往中的购销合同。
understanding指不具约束力的非正式的协议。
accord多指国际间的非正式协议。 这些动词均含“收缩，压缩”之意。
condense指将东西压缩得更紧密、紧凑，但不失去原有的内容。
compress指把乱而不成形的东西压成一定形状。
contract主要指以内、外部力量进行紧缩，也可用作引申。
shrink侧重指因收缩而达不到原有的长度、体积或容积。
记忆方法
1、con- "together" + tract-.
2、字面意思为： draw together. => combine, make an agreement.
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