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contract
- a written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law;the branch of law concerned with the making and observation of contracts
- decrease in size, number, or range;(of a muscle) become shorter and tighter in order to effect movement of part of the body
verb: contract, 3rd person present: contracts, gerund or present participle: contracting, past tense: contracted, past participle: contracted
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名詞
- 1. a written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law both parties must sign employment contracts a network of doctors and hospitals under contract to provide services
- ▪ the branch of law concerned with the making and observation of contracts the law of contract
- ▪ an arrangement for someone to be killed by a hired assassin smuggling bosses routinely put out contracts on witnesses
- ▪ the declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump South can make the contract with correct play
- ▪ a formal agreement to marry the contract between the Bride and the Bridegroom was renewed
動詞
- 1. decrease in size, number, or range glass contracts as it cools 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of a muscle) become shorter and tighter in order to effect movement of part of the body the heart is a muscle that contracts about seventy times a minute then contract your lower abdominal muscles 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ shorten (a word or phrase) by combination or elision “quasistellar object” was soon contracted to “quasar.” 同義詞 反義詞
- 2. enter into a formal and legally binding agreement the local authority will contract with a wide range of agencies to provide services 同義詞
- ▪ secure specified rights or undertake specified obligations in a formal and legally binding agreement a buyer may contract for the right to withhold payment the paper had contracted to publish extracts from the diaries 同義詞
- ▪ impose an obligation on (someone) to do something by means of a formal agreement health authorities contract a hospital to treat a specific number of patients
- ▪ arrange for work to be done by another organization local authorities will have to contract out waste management
- ▪ formally enter into (a marriage) before Fanny met him, he had contracted a disastrous liaison and marriage
- ▪ enter into (a friendship or other relationship) the patterns of social relationships contracted by men and women differ
- 3. catch or develop (a disease or infectious agent) three people contracted a killer virus 同義詞
- 4. become liable to pay (a debt) he contracted a debt of $3,300 同義詞