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contain any. ako/io/.这种饮料不含任何酒精。◊ Her statement contained one or two
inaccuracies.
一两处不准确。◊_ a brown envelope containing doHar Mis装有钞票的棕色信封◊ TTie
botrfe contafm (=■ can hold)
two Zifres.此瓶容量为两升。2 to keep your feelings under control 控制，克制，抑制（感情）EEG3 restrain； She was
unaWe to contain her excitement•她 _无法抑制内々的激动。_ ◊ J was so为rious J just
couWn.’t contain myseZ/ (= I had to express my feelings).我气愤 极了，简直无法克制自 g P. 3 to prevent sth harmful from spreading or getting worse
防止…蔓延（或兹 化）：to.'.contain an epidemic
防.it 流行病的蔓延◊ Government forces have failed to
contain the rebellion. 府军未能遏止叛乱。
C〇n-tain-er tH* /kan'tein^r)/ noun 1 a box,
bottle, etc. in which sth can be stored or transported 容器：Food will last longer if kept in
an ai'rtig/it container•如果贮藏在密封的容器里，食物能 保持比较久的时间。2 a large
metal or wooden box of a standard size in which goods are packed so that they
can easily be lifted onto a ship, train, etc. to be
transported 集装箱；货柜：a container ship (=one designed to transport such containers)集装箱也 —picture o page R2
con.tain.er.ized /kan'teinaraizd/ adj. packed and
transported in containers集装命装运的；货柜装运
的：containerized cargo 集装箱载运的货物>«;〇1143_||1- er-iz-ation
/kan.teinarai'zeijn/
noun [U] con-tain-ment
/kan'teinmant/
noun [U] {formal) 1 the act of keeping
sth under control so that it cannot spread in a harmful way 控制；抑制：the containment the epidemic 对流行病的控制 2 the act of keeping another countiys power within limits so that it
does not become too powerful (对另一个国家力量的）遏制： a po〖icy o/contammenf 遏制政策
coirtanrin.ant
/kan'tseminant/
nowr? (techm’ca/ 术-语）a substance
that makes sth impure 致污物；污秦物：
Filters do
not remove all contaminants from water.
器无法过@掉水中的所有污染物。
con.tam.in.ate
/kantaemineit/
[VN] *1 〜sth (with sth) to
make a substance or place dirty or no longer pure by adding a substance that is
dangerous or carries disease 污染；弄脏 PSyi adulterate ： The drinking water has become contaminated with lead.
染了。◊ contaminated 〖受 ilj 污染如血
液 / 食物 / 土壤 2 to induence people’s ideas or
attitudes in a bad way ‘污，毒害，腐蚀（人的思想或
品德）：They were accused of contaminating
the minds 0/ our young
peopie.他们被指控毒害我们青少年的心灵。
—see also uncontaminated ► con tam-m-ation /kan- .taemi'neij'n/
noun [U] ： radioactive contamination 性污染 一 see also cross-contamination con-tan-go
/kan'taeqgau;
NAmE -gou/ noun [U] (BrE, ///iflnce 财）the normal situation on the Stock Exchange in
which the cash price of sth is lower than its future price期货升水；期货溢价
cor»td abbr. = cont.
con-tem-plate /'kDntempleit; NAmE 'ka:n-/ verb 1 to think about
whether you should do sth, or how you should do sth 考虑；思量；思忖 S3S!CONSIDER，THINK about/of
： [VN] You7re too young to be
contemplating retirement•你考邊退休还太年轻。◊ [V
-ing] J have never contemptoed hVi’ng abroad.我从未考虑过去国外居住。
[also V wh-, VN
-ing] 2 to think carefully about and accept the possibility of sth happening 考点接受（发生
某事的可能性）：[Vf4] The thought 〇/war is too to contemplate•战争本可怕了，真不敢去想。◊ [V wh-；U can’t
co/itempZafe what if wouW be Hfce to be aZone.我不 能想象独自一人会是个什么样子。[also V that] 3
(/omw/) to think deeply about sth for a long time 深思熟虑；沉
思；苦思冥想：[VN] to
contemplate your /iiture 仔细盘算 未来◊ [V]
She toy in beet contemjpZari/ig.她躺在族上冥思
苦想。4 [VN] to look at sb/sth in a careful
way
for a long time 端详；凝视 EBEI stare at : She contempiated /u>n in siZence.碰默默地注视着他。
con-tem-pla-tion /.kDntam'pleiXn;
A//\mE,ka:n-/ noun [U] (/brmfl/) 1 the
act of thinking deeply about sth 深思；沉 思：| He
sat t/iere deep in contempkirion.他坐在那里沉思
着。◊ a /ew
moments 〇/ quiet contempZaticm 默默沉思 的片刻◊ a Zi/e o/pmyer and conte/npZation 祈祷与冥思 的生活 2 the act of looking at sth in a calm and careful
way 凝视；默默注视：She turned 介om Zier contempki- tion 〇/ the photograph.她从凝视着的那张照片上移开目
光0 ITTO1 in contem'plation {formal} being
considered 考虑中：J?y36J3
even more desperate measures were in contemp〖ation.封1613年，甚至考虑要采取更为孤注一
掷的措施。
con-tem-pla-tive
/kan'templatrv/
adj.
僅(formaf) 1 thinking quietly and
seriously about sth 沉思默的；深思熟备的：She was in contemp〖ative mood.她陷入沉思之.中。2 spending time
thinking deeply about religious matters (对宗教问题）冥想的， 敛心故祷的：the contemplative h/e
(= life in a religious community)宗教上的默嘁生活 con.tem.por.an.eous /kan.tempa’remias/ ao[/•.〜（with sb/sth) (formal) happening or existing
at the same time 同时发生（或存在）的；.同时期的；同时代的sasa contemporary： How do we know that the signature is contemporaneous with
t/re document?我们怎样才能知道 这个签字和文件是同一个时间的呢？ ◊ contempomneous
events/accoimts 同一知■無 记述► con.teiti.por-
an-eously adv.
COn-tem-por-ary
〇T* /kan'temprari; NAmE
-pareri/ adj., noun
爾 1 〜（with sb/sth) belonging to the same time 属同 时期的；_一时代的：We have no contemporary account .〇少the batfie (= written
near the.time that it happened). _们没有当时人们对这一战役的记载。◊ He was contemporary
with the dramatist Congreve•他与剧作家康格里 -夫属于同一时代。2 belonging to the
present time -当在 A;现代的 modern ： life in contemporary
曲 noww (/?/. -ies) a person who liv6s or
lived at the same time as sb else, especially sb who is about the same age 同代人；同辈人；向龄人：She and J were
contemporaries at coHege.—和我垚矢学是同学。offe was a contem- porary
〇/Freud and may have known /iim•他是弗洛伊德
的同代人，可能认识弗洛伊德。
contempt /ken'tempt/ noun
[U, sing.] 1 ~ (for sb/sth) the feeling
that sb/sth is without value and deserves no respect at all 蔑视；轻蔑；鄙视：She ioofceti at him
wfth contempt. 地看輪他。shaZZ treat that
suggestion with the contempt it
deserves.
Sc iP ^ ^ iSC .■当然会不屑一顾。◊ His treatment
〇/ his c/u7dren is beneath contempt (= so unacceptable
that it is not even worth feeling contempt for).他对待.自己子女的那 种行径为人所不齿。◊ Poiiticians
seem to i)e generaHy ZieW in contempt by ordinary
peo^e: —般百姓似乎普遍 看不起从政者。◊ r/iey /ia^
shown a contempt/or the va[ues s/ie thought important.他们对她所认为重要的价
值表示蔑视。2 〜for sth a lack of worry or
fear about rules，danger, etc.(对规则、危险等的）藐视，不顾： The firefighters showed a contempt for
their own safety. 那些消防队员已把他们自己钠安全置之度外。◊His remarks
betray a staggering contempt for the truth (=are completely false).他的话表明他完全无视事情的
真相。3 = contempt of court: He could be jailed jor two years/or
contempt.他由于藐视法庭可能被监禁两
年。◊ She was hdd in contempt /or
re/usfng to test办. 她_拒绝作证而被判藐视法庭罪。13跑See FAMILIARITY con-temptible /kan'temptebl/ adj. (formal) not deserv- ing any
respect at all可轻蔑的；可鄙的；#多的EDC3 despicable： contemptible
behaviour con,tempt
of 'court (also
con-tempt)
noun [U] the crime of
refusing to obey an order made by a court; not showing respect for a court or
judge 親视法庭.（罪）：
Any
person who disregards this order will be in contempt 〇/court凡漠视本法令者将被判藐视法庭罪。
con-temp-tu*ous /kan'temptjues/ adj. ~ (af sb/sth)
feeling
or showing that you have no respect for sb/sth 蔑视的；鄙视的；表示轻蔑的EBBscornful: She gave ftim a contemptuous 〖oofc•她鄙夷地看了他一眼。