contract

【发音】

美 /'kɑntrækt/ 英 /'kɒntrækt/

【翻译】

1. v. 缩小； 订合同； 感染， 染上

   英释:to sign a contract in which you agree formally that you will do something or someone will do something for you

2. n. 契约， 合同

   英释:an official agreement between two or more people, stating what each will do

【记忆】

con(共同) ＋ tract(拉， 拽) → 合同将双方损益拉到一起 → 契约， 合同

【短语】

1. contract with : 承包；与…订有合约

2. contract in : [法]保证承担义务

3. labor contract : n. 劳工合同

4. contract management : 合同管理

5. breach of contract : 违约；违反合同

6. sales contract : 销售合同

7. insurance contract : 保险契约，保险合同

8. contract price : 合约价格；发包价格

9. construction contract : 建筑包工合同

10. under the contract : 依据本合同

11. employment contract : 雇佣合同；聘约

12. purchase contract : 购货合同

13. sign a contract : 签订合同；签合同；签署合同

14. by contract : 承包；根据合同

15. under contract : 根据合同

16. psychological contract : 心理契约；精神契约

17. contract terms : 合同条款

18. on contract : 按合约方式

19. service contract : 劳务合同

20. social contract : 社会契约（统治者与被统治者订定的详列权利义务的契约，等于social 社会契约论；compact）；民约论

【例句】

1. Metal contracts as it cools.

   金属遇冷收缩。

【真题例句】

1. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...lifelong marriages can be promoted by practices such as the cultural prohibition of divorce and arranged marriages that are seen as a contract between two families...

2. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 听力题)...The editor is amazed at how quickly Smith gets his stories only minutes after they happen - but soon he's presented with a contract to sign...

3. (2012.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...my contract wasn't renewed and I plunged further into new depths of ill health...

4. (2012.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Not long before my contract was due to be made permanent...

5. (2009.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...One of the best things my company has done is to contract with a language service that offers translations over the phone...

6. (2009.6 • CET4 • • 听力题)...I’d like to go over all the articles of the contract once more before signing it...

【同、近义词】

1. vi.收缩；感染；订约

   communicate/shrink/

2. vt.感染；订约；使缩短

   affect/catch/communicate/

3. n.[经]合同；婚约

   compact/engagement/

【同根词】

1. adj

   contractual : 契约的，合同的

2. adv

   contractually : 合约地；合同性地；契约规定地

3. n

   contractor : 承包人；立契约者

   contraction : 收缩，紧缩；缩写式；害病

   contracture : [医] 挛缩

   contractility : 收缩性，伸缩力；缩小性