- 词义辨析
contract, abbreviate, abridge, condense, shorten
这组词用于字词、段落、章节等时,都含有“删减”或“精简”的意思。它们的区别在于:
1.abridge, condense和shorten都可指压缩文章、著作的篇幅而内容不变, abridge比shorten更文雅; abbreviate主要用于删除音节、字母或单词而保留词头; contract通常指省略单词的中间部分,不包括只保留词头的词。
2.表示“缩略成…”时, abbreviate, condense, contract和shorten常与介词to搭配; condense也常与介词into搭配。
contract, compress, condense, shrink
这组词都可表示“压缩”。condense指用一定的方法使物体聚缩得更紧密、结实或更浓厚、稠密,或减去不必要的部分使其体积变小,但不失去基本内容; compress指通过压〔挤,弄平〕等方式使物体变小或具有一定形状; contract指一物体由于某种原因或使用某种方法而使其体积由大变小或由长变短; shrink指长度、范围、容积等的收缩或变小。
contract, covenant, engage, pledge, promise
这组词都有“允诺”的意思。它们的区别是：
promise指作出口头或书面的许诺,但仅指主观意愿,并不暗示一定能实现或有实现的基础; engage指在正式或重大场合用誓言、条约等许下有约束力的诺言或作出可以信赖的保证,尤指订婚; pledge指用行动或言语作出庄严的许诺或正式保证; covenant指订立双方或多方共同遵守的协议; contract指订立慎重并且通常有法律效力的合同或协议。例如:
Our son is engaged to a nice young girl.我们的儿子已跟一位漂亮的女孩订了婚。
I covenant to pay 5000 pounds a year to help rebuild the college.我立约保证每年将付5000英镑帮助重建学院。
They have pledged that any detail given to them will remain confidential.他们已保证,给他们提供的任何细节将予以保密。
Many councils are contracting out services such as rubbish collection to private companies as a way of cutting costs.许多市政会把垃圾收集这样的服务项目包给私人公司以减少费用。
- 近义词
- 反义词
- agreementn.协定，协议;同意，一致;合同书;（词之间性、数、人称方面与…）一致;
n.
- 双语例句 更多例句
人们普遍认为我们是受公共基金的资助，然而我们大部分资金是通过签订竞争性合同得来的。
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人们普遍认为我们是受公共基金的资助，然而我们大部分资金是通过签订竞争性合同得来的。
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They insisted that a guaranteed supply of Chinese food was written into their contracts.
他们坚持要在合同中写入保证供应中餐的条款。
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In conversational English " is not " often contracts to " isn't ".
口头英语中is not 常缩写为 isn ‘ t.
《简明英汉词典》
重建科威特的合同利润丰厚，对于他们有望分得的那一杯羹，美国各公司都垂涎欲滴。
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The majority of contracts give the publisher the right to edit a book after it's done.
大多数合同都赋予出版商在书稿完成后进行校订的权利。
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All contracts are translated to avoid any misunderstanding between the companies.
所有的合同都经过翻译，以避免公司间发生任何误解。
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In international custom, a nation that unilaterally breaks contracts must make good the damage.
根据国际惯例, 某国单方面撕毁合同必须赔偿损失.
《简明英汉词典》
The company's competitors complain that they are hemmed in by rigid legal contracts.
公司的竞争对手抱怨他们受到严格的法律合同的约束。
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They insisted that a guaranteed supply of Chinese food was written into their contracts
他们坚持要在合同中写入保证供应中餐的条款。
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The workers staged a protest against the proposed changes in their contracts.
工人们进行抗议，反对拟议中的对他们合同的修改。
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You need a lawyer to explain all the legalities of the contracts.
你需要律师来解释这些合同在法律上的各项细节。
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人们普遍认为我们是受公共基金的资助，然而我们大部分资金是通过签订竞争性合同得来的。
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The law, your contracts, your public protect you, do they? How?
法律、合约和公众会保护你。真的会吗？怎么保护？
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The employment outlook for the next year is based in part on contracts signed this year.
明年的就业前景部分地取决于今年签订的合同.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
There are plenty of precedents in Hollywood for letting people out of contracts.
在好莱坞，允许影视人员解除合同的先例有很多。
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Were the contracts that were offered to the players as derisory as we have been led to believe?
合同里给球员开出的薪水真如想要我们相信的那样低得可笑吗？
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黑人模特正逐步涉足曾是白人主宰的领地：签约获利丰厚的化妆品行业。
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- 相关词组
- psychological contract心理契约;心理的契同;
- purchase contract购货合同，购买契约;
- Contract curve合同曲线；契约曲线；契约线
- Re-insurance contracts再保险合同
- financial futures contracts金融期货契约
- unit of issuing contracts to发包单位
- instalment contracts分期付款售货合同
- maintenance contracts[经] 维修合同;
- contract out包出（某事项或某工程）;拒绝参加;
- unenforceable contracts不能执行的合同
- contracts for lease租赁合同
- continuing contracts连续性契约;
- exchange of contracts交换合同
- system of all employees signing labor contracts全员劳动合同制
- unsettled leasing contracts待租赁合同
- contract life[经] 合同有效期限;
- leveraged currency contracts杠杆货币合同
- contract for purchase承买;
- smart contracts智能合约
- registration of contracts合约登记
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