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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   contract

   • n.
     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
   • v.
     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

2. • 釋義

   n.

   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

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. decrease in size, number, or range glass contracts as it cools 同義詞 shrink, get smaller, become smaller, decrease, diminish, ... 更多reduce, dwindle, decline, shrivel反義詞 expand, increase
   • ▪ (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 tighten, become/make tighter, tense, flex, constrict, ... 更多draw in, become/make narrower, narrow, wrinkle, knit, crease, corrugate, purse, pucker反義詞 relax
   • ▪ shorten (a word or phrase) by combination or elision “quasistellar object” was soon contracted to “quasar.” 同義詞 shorten, abbreviate, cut, reduce, abridge, ... 更多truncate反義詞 expand, lengthen
   • 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 undertake, pledge, promise, covenant, commit oneself, ... 更多engage, agree, enter into an agreement, reach an agreement, make a deal, negotiate a deal
   • ▪ 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 undertake, pledge, promise, covenant, commit oneself, ... 更多engage, agree, enter into an agreement, reach an agreement, make a deal, negotiate a deal
   • ▪ 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 develop, catch, get, pick up, come down with, ... 更多become infected with, fall ill with, be taken ill with, be struck down with, be stricken with, succumb to, go down with, informaltake ill with, take sick with
   • 4. become liable to pay (a debt) he contracted a debt of $3,300 同義詞 incur, become liable to pay, acquire, fall into, run up