noun🔗Share合同，合约。 An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement."Marriage is a contract."婚姻也是一种契约，双方约定好共同生活的责任和义务。businesslaweconomyworkessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share合同，合约，契约。 An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed."My parents signed a contract with the school for my younger sister's after-school tutoring program. "我父母和学校签了合同，为我妹妹报名了课后辅导项目。lawbusinesseconomyessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share合同法 A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts."The law professor's course on contract focused on the different types of agreements in family law. "这位法学教授的合同法课程主要讲解了家庭法中各种不同的协议。lawbusinessessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share合约，雇凶杀人的指令. An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone."The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him."黑手党老大下了个“合约”，要干掉那个背叛他的人。(Hēishǒudǎng lǎodà xià le ge “héyuē”, yào gàndiào nà ge bèipàn tā de rén.)policewaractionjobinhumanbusinessessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share合约，约定。 The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump."In the card game, the player's contract was to win five tricks with hearts as trumps. "在纸牌游戏中，该玩家的合约是赢得五墩，并以红桃为主牌。gamesportessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share已订婚的，有婚约的 Contracted; affianced; betrothed."The couple was contract to be married next spring. "这对情侣已经订婚，计划明年春天结婚。familyessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share具体的，实在的。 Not abstract; concrete."The teacher's instructions were very contract; they spelled out exactly what we needed to do. "老师的指示非常具体，清清楚楚地说明了我们需要做什么。abstractphilosophythingessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share收缩，缩小，缩短。 To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen."The seamstress had to contract the fabric to fit the smaller doll. "裁缝不得不收缩布料，让它适合那个小娃娃。businesssciencephysicsessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share缩略，缩写。 (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one."To save time, she contracted the word "afternoon" to "af'noon" in her email. "为了节省时间，她在邮件里把“afternoon”缩写成了“af'noon”。grammarlinguisticslanguageessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share签订合同，订约。 To enter into a contract with."My parents contracted with a tutor to help me with my math. "我爸妈和一位家教签订了合同，辅导我的数学。businesslawcommerceessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share签订合同，订立契约。 To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for."My friend and I contracted to study together for the upcoming history test. "我和朋友约定好一起复习，准备即将到来的历史考试，就像签了合同一样。businesslaweconomyessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share签订，订立，约定。 To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain."to contract for carrying the mail"签订承运邮件的合同businesslaweconomyessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share招致，招惹，染上。 To bring on; to incur; to acquire."She contracted the habit of smoking in her teens."她十几岁的时候染上了吸烟的习惯。businesslawessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share感染，染上。 To gain or acquire (an illness)."My sister contracted the flu last week. "我妹妹上周感染了流感。medicinediseasevirusessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share皱缩，收缩 To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit."The artist contracted the fabric, creating interesting folds and wrinkles in the painting. "艺术家将织物皱缩起来，在画作中创造出有趣的褶皱和纹理。bodyappearancephysiologyessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share订婚, 订亲 To betroth; to affiance."The couple contracted themselves to each other at a small ceremony in the church. "这对情侣在教堂的一个小型仪式上互相订立婚约。familytraditionessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
