con-tra-band /'knntrabaend;
NAmE 'ka:n-/ noun [U] goods that are
illegally taken into or out of a country ( contraband
goods 0 to smuggle contraband
con tra bass /'kDntrabeis; NAmE 'keen-/ adj. (of a musical
instrument 9k f£) with
a range of notes one octave below
that of a bass instrument ft IS#
65: a contrabass
clarinet
fnfSia
con tra-bas-soon /’knntrabasuin; NAmE 'ka:n-/ (also .double bas'soon) noun a bassoon that is larger and longer than
the normal type and produces lower notes
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 ( ffe-) ;
WW ( birth
control : to
give advice about
contraception A&H
con tra cep tive /.kontra'septiv; NAmE ,ka:n-/ noun a drug, device or
practice used to prevent a woman becoming pregnant oral
contraceptives n IR M ¥ f?j ► contra-cep-tive adj. [only
before noun]: a
contraceptive pill 0 contraceptive advice/precautions/methods / ftSS / ffm
con tract noun, verb
m noun
/'knntraekt;
NAmE 'ka:n-/ 1 ~ (with sb) | ~ (between A and B) | ~ (for sth/to do sth) an official written
agreement |f]; ff #}; to enter into/make/
sign a contract with the supplier if 0 a
contract for the supply of vehicles A IW fft Jkl. ifHj 0 to win/be awarded a contract to
build a new school
0
These clauses
form part of the contract between buyer and seller.
|W]
‘nP^o 0 a contract of
employment
fgff |w] o a research contract 0 cl contract
worker (= one employed on a
contract for a fixed period of time) ^Iol was on a three-year contract that
expired last week. H
¥M 1^ Sfcjp i. M S9
o
0
Under the
terms of the contract the job should have been finished yesterday. fitMif
M (tfj&Wi, jlll# 0 She is under contract to (= has a contract to
work for) a major
American computer firm.
o The offer
has been accepted, subject to contract
(=
the agreement is not official until the contract is signed), lit fix. iff S M gc3£,
$ fit lU.ljt A ?£ o
o They were
sued for breach of contract (= not keeping to a
contract), fife {H M la 1$ 2 ~
(on sb) (informal) an agreement to
kill sb for money ( JjM Afi'J ) to take out a
contract on sb
■
verb /kan’traekt/ 1 to
become less or smaller; to make sth become less or smaller ( {£ ) [V] Glass
contracts as it cools. 3$ M j§ A i[ft tk
0 0 a
contracting market (ft 0 The heart muscles contract to expel the
blood. thlML 0 [VN] ‘1 will’ and
Tshall’
are usually contracted to T’lt\{= made shorter). * I
will ffl I shall I’ll, 0 The exercise consists
of stretching and contracting the leg muscles. fgff MfHI*! o Ena expand 2
[VN] (medical ]£) to get an illness ) ; % ( ^ ) : to contract
AIDS/a
virus/a disease / ft# f 3 ~ sb (to
sth) to make a legal
agreement with sb for them to work for you or provide you with a service fn] ( sit
IS IV) : [VN to inf] The player is contracted to play until
August. j£ U # M tfc U M A FI ❖
[VN] Several computer engineers have
been contracted to the finance department, ff /IfA if Jft A §13 H
4 [V to inf] to make a legal agreement to
work for sb or provide them with a service IT A • • ■ A) ff MS IS If )’i She has contracted to work 20
hours a week. 20 5 [VN] ~
a
marriage/an
alliance (with sb) (formal) to formally agree to marry sb/form an alliance with sb (;# ••• ) if ( ) ; (
i?*- ) ( [e]3l ) IJ!l;iyi contract 'in
(to sth) (BrE) to formally agree that you will take part in sth iT#j con .tract 'out (of sth) (BrE) to formally
agree that you will not
take part in sth ff ^ ^ #A; il dl ( Many employees contracted out
of the pension plan,
con,tract sth^'out (to sb) to arrange for work to be done by another
company rather than your own iT
.contract
'bridge noun [U] the standard
form of the card game bridge, in
which points are given only for sets of cards that are bid and won
con
tract ile /kan'traektail/
adj. (biology A) (of living tissue, organs, etc. tlW^) able to contract or,
of an opening or tube,
become narrower bJ ift $J;
(AtiiTf)
con
trac-tion /kan'traekfn/
noun 1 [U] the process of
becoming smaller i]£ ; it 7 : the expansion and
contraction of the metal I
o The sudden
contraction of the markets left them with a lot of unwanted stock.
7eAfcl$S£l§o PUS! 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 ( 111 (H
) itft tt, ^it;
( X fkBt) fVityiiil-. The contractions started coming
every five minutes. :p
^Jf hn^jWiTLjfj' ff1 A it ' KXo 3 [C] (linguistics if g) a short form
of a word is](fjit $$$■ ‘Tic’s’ may be a contraction of
‘he is’ or ‘he has’.
*
he’s RTliUI he is he has (fiiti*]'3£o con-tract-or /kan'trsekta^)/ noun a person or company
that
has a contract to do work or provide goods or services for another company ff]:
a building/haulage,
etc. contractor o to employ an outside contractor ® con tract ual /kan'traektjual/ adj. connected with the
conditions of a legal written agreement; agreed in a contract fffe](ft; MiWr, mkH )
con
tra dict /.knntra'dikt;
NAmE ,ka:n-/ verb 1 to say that sth that
sb else has said is wrong, and that the opposite is true [VN] All
evening her
husband contradicted everything she said. H A h M
ff 'A 3t A IP fx m o o You’ve just contradicted yourself (= said the opposite
of what you said before), iff
to
#
Ui
HU i^ 7 ft o [also V speech, VN speech] 2 [VN] (of statements
or pieces of evidence l^ii^ciiE^) to be so different from each other that one
of them must be wrong f@ M; IS 7 ft; f0 &: The two stories contradict each
other.
con
tra dic-tion /.knntra'dikjfi;
NAmE ,ka:n-/ noun T[C, U] ~ (between A and B) a lack of agreement
between facts, opinions, actions, etc. ( )
yf—Wt, JrM, MfL: There is a contradiction between the two sets of figures.
&
j#j M Ik ^ fI S. ^ if 0 0 His public speeches are in direct
contradiction to his personal lifestyle.
|g
g. o 0 How can we resolve this apparent contradiction? 2 [u, C] the
act of saying that sth
that sb else has said is wrong or not true; an example of this jg.^; l think I can
say, without fear of contradiction, that ... tfcWWA-S 0 Now you say you both left at ten —that’s a contradiction of your
last statement. % M iaifcfIMAjSMff tfj, vL ffl -t K A — it o rnTTTI a .contradiction in terms a statement
containing two words that contradict each other’s meaning : A ‘nomad settlement’ is a
contradiction in terms. JIT
J^jfits] h ftf) flfg
contradictory /.kDntra'diktari;
NAmE ,ka:n-/ adj. containing or showing
a contradiction fg 5 dk
IS
&\J; A alW; 7—BH3 conflicting: We are faced with two apparently contradictory statements. A ill ffi HU & W If i5^ iA M. A Mi
A o o The advice I received was often
contradictory,
con tra
distinctions /.knntradi'stirjkfn;
NAmE ,ka:n-/ noun H»T?n in contradistinction to sth/sb (formal) in contrast with
sth/sb % - |g)f|[t ( j£H$$A[n] ) contrafac-tive /.kDntra'faektiv; NAmE ,ka:n-/ adj. (grammar if iA) (of verbs if] is]) talking about
sth that is not true. ‘Pretend’ and ‘wish’ are contrafactive verbs. —compare factive, non-factive