con.tra.band
/'kDntrabaend; NAmE 'ka:n-/ noun [u] goods that
are illegally taken into or out of a country (非法带入或带出国境的）禁运品，走私货：contrabcmd goods违禁货物◊ to
smuggle contraband走私违禁品 con.tra.bass /'kontrabeis;
NAmE 'ka:n-/ adj. (of a
musical instrument 乐器）.with a
range of notes one octave below
that of a bass instrument 倍低音的：a contrabass darinet倍低音单簧管
con-tra*bas-soon
/'kontrabesuin; NAmE 'ka:n-/ (also .double bas'soon) noun a bassoon that is larger and longer than
the normal type and produces lower notes 低音大管；低f巴松管
con-tra>cep-tion
/.kDntra'sepJn; NAmE ,ka:n-/ noun [u] the practice
■ of preventing a
woman from becoming pregnant; the methods of doing this 避孕（法节育
'(雀} HTl birth control ： to give advice about contrac印tion就避孕方法提供咨询
con；tra-cep-tive
/.kmitra'septiv; NAmE ,ka:n-/ noun a drug,
device or practice used to prevent a woman becoming pregnant避孕药；避孕廉莫；避孕措施：ord
contraceptives 口:服避吾為► con.tra.cep.tive flc/y. [only
before noun]： a contraceptive pill 0 contracep-
tive
advice/jprecautions/methods 避孕备扁 / 措施 / 务法 COII-tract 〇T» noun, verb
■
noan/tontraekt; AMMf'ka;h-/ 1 ~ (with sb) | ~ (be
tween A and B) | ~ (for sth/to do sth) afi omcial written agreement 合同；合钓；契约：to enter fnto/mafce/ sign a contract with the su即ifer 与供应商签订合同◊ a contract for the supply of
vehicles
^ ^ ^ ^ 0 to
win/be awarded a contract
to build a
new school
承所新学校的合词◊
These dauses/orm part o/the contract between buyer and seHer•这些条款构故买卖双方
所签合同的一部分。◊ a.contract 〇/ empioyment雇用合 a research contract 从事研究的合同◊ a contract worker (= one employed
on a contract for a fixed period of time) ^ |Sj X 0 I was on a three-year contract that
eApiretUast weefc.我签订的三年期合,已于上周期
满。◊ lender the terms 〇/ the
contract the job shouZd Aave been fnished yesterday.根据合降的条款，这项工作
本应于昨夫完成。◊ She is under contract to (= has a
contract to work for) a major American computer firm. 她已辱约为一家太的美国计算机公司工作。◊The ojfer has been accepted, subject to contract (= the
agreement is not official until the contract is signed).此报价已获 接受，尚需以荟约为准。◊ They were sued /or breach 〇/ contract (= not keeping to a contract).他们被指运 .违约。2 (on sb) (/>j/omw/)
an agreement to.kill sb for money (雇角杀A的V协议，食陳:to tafce out a contract on sb获.杀害某人的协议
■
verb /kan'traekt/
1 to become less or smaller; to make
sth become less or
smaller (使收遗，.缩小：[V] Gluss contracts as ft
cools:玻璃遇冷'收邊。◊ a comrdcting marfcet 萎缩的市■场◊ rhe
heart,musdes contract to ocpeZ the Wood心脏肌肉收缩以挤皮^血液。◊ [VN] ‘I and Tshall are
usually contracted to made shorter).
*
I will 和 I shall M常缩吟为 I’l% 0 The
exercise consists o/stretchfng cmd contracting' musdes.此项训练包 舍伸展和收缩腿部肌肉。cna EXPAND 2 [VN] (wWra/摩） to get an
illness 感染（疾病）；得（病)：to contract ^iDS/a virus/a disease感染艾滋病/病毒/疾病3〜sb (to sth) to make a
legal agreement with sb for them to work for you or provide you with a service 与…if 寫,合 同（或契约'):[VN to inf] The player is contracted to pkiy August.这位谗手签约参加比赛到，月份。
[VN] Several
computer engineers htive been contracted to the月nance
department.有几位计算机IE程呼与财务部门
签i于了合同。4 {V to irtfl to
make a，legal a幺reement to work, for sb or provide them with a service
i了立..."的合 ■'同■(或契约）' :she has contracted to work 20
hours a
weefc.她已签订每周工作20小时的合词。5 [VN]〜a marriage/an alliance (with sb) (formal) to formally
agree to marry sb/form'an alliance
with sb (与…订立 (婚约）；（与...）缔结（同盟）con,tract 1 in (to sth) (6rf) to formally
agree that you will take part in sth.订约参与 con,tract
’out (of sth) (er£).to formally agree that you wili not take part in
sth..订约不鲁与；.ii 出（或不参加）…合约：Many employees
contracted out
〇/the pension plan•许多雇员退出了养老金计划的合约。
contract sth^'out (to sb) to arrange for work to be done by another
company rather than your own 订约
把…承包出去
,contract
'bridge noun [u] the standard form of
the card game bridge, in which
points are given only for sets of cards that1 are bid and won •定约桥牌（桥牌游戏
的标准形式只能按叫到的定约取得成局奖分）
con.tract.ile
/kan'traektail/
at// (fc/o/ogy 生）（of living tissue, organs, etc•活.组织、器官_) able to contract
or, of an opening or tube, become narrower 可收缩的；
(、开或号 >
苛变窄的
con-traotion /kan'traekjn/
noun 1 [U] the process of
becoming smaller 收■缩；缩小： the expansion
and contracrion
o/t/ie metaZ 金属的—胀与收缩◊ 77ie sudden contraction of the markets left
them with a lot of unwanted stocfc.股票市场骤然收缩，让他们剩下了许多
'.无人要的股票。033 expansion 2 [C, U] a sudden and
painful contracting of muscles, especially of the muscles around a woman’s womb that happen when she is giving
birth to a child (肌肉的）收缩，挛缩；
(尤指分娩时的 手宫收缩：The contractions
started coming every /ive minutes.子宫兵始每隔五分钟收缩一
次。3 [C] (//>7gw/•兑/cs i菩言')a short form of a word 扁的缩 约瑪式：'Hey may be a contraction of (he or lhe has\ * he’s可以是he is或he has的缩约_式。 con-tract-or /kan'traekta^)/ noun a person or company
that has a contract to do work or provide goods or services for another company
承包人；_承包商；承包'公 司:：a buiWing/haukige, etc. contractor 建致、备运等
承包商oto emp〖oy cm outside
contractor雇用外来承包商 con-traCt-ual /kan'traektJual/ adj. connected with the
conditions of a legal written agreement; agreed in a contract合同的；契约的；按合同（或契约）规定的
coh-tra-dict
/.kDntra'dikt;
NAmE ,ka:n-/ verb 1 to say that sth that
sb else has said is wrong, and that the opposite is true 反驳；驳斥；批驳：[VN] AH evening her
husbami contradicted everything she said•整个晚上她说
■什么丈夫都反驳。◊ Ybu’ve just
contradicted yourseZ/ (=said the opposite of what you said before).你恰好焉 如以前说的自 A
矛盾。[also V speech, VN speech] 2 [VN] ■(of
statements or pieces of evidence 陈述泰证据）to be so different
from each other that one of them must be wrong 相抵触；相矛盾；相反：The two stories contra- dict each other, ii两种ii法相互抵触。
con-tra-dic-tion /.kDntra'dikJ'n; N/AwiE .kain-/now/? 1 [C, U]〜（between A and B) a
lack of agreement between facts, opinions, actions, etc.(寄实、看法* .行动等的） 不一致，矛盾，对立：There is a
contmdfction between the two sets 〇/ _/i^ures.这两.组数据相豆矛盾。：.◊ fft's public speeches are in direct
contradiction to his pmonaZ h/estyte.他的公开言论与他本人的生活方式恰恰
相反。◊ How can we
reserve this apparent cctntradfc- tion?我们怎样才能解决这个明显的矛盾呢？ 2
[U, C] the act of saying that sth that sb else has said is wrong or not true;
an example of this 反驳；I think I can say, vWt/iout/earo/contradiction，that …就算有冬反
驳，我也胆敢说…◊
you say you both ZeA at ten —that’s a contradiction 〇/ your Zast statement.你现在 说你们俩是十点钟离开的；这可和你上次的说法不_ 一致。IT»TO1 a .contradiction in 'terms a statement
containing two words that contradict each other’s meaning 矛盾词项丨.对立■词项：A ‘nomad
settZement’is a contradiction in terms. 私:者的定居丨’是甩词上的自相
矛盾。
con.tra.dict.ory
/.kDntra'dikteri;
NAmk ,ka:n-/ adj. containing or showing
a contradiction:相互矛盾如；分 立的不一致的 HTTl
conflicting We are faced with
two apparently contradictory statements. ^ jp
ffi ii M 种说邊显然是矛盾的。◊ The adWce I received _was q/ten contradfc〖〇fy.•我巧得到的建议;常寿相S矛盾的， con-tra-dis-tinc-tion
/.kDntradi'stirjkJn; NAmE ,ka:n-/ noun ITi!n in
contradistinction to sth/sb (format) in contrast with sth/sb与…相对比r或截然术同 con-tra-fac-tive
/.kDntra'faektiv; NAmE _ka:n-/ adj. (grammac语妹).(of verbs 动词talking abput $th
that is not true. 'Pretend' and Vish* are contrafactive verbs. 反叙实的一compare factive,
non-factive