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an official written agreement 合同；合约；契约 All employees have a written contract of employment. 每个员工都有一份书面聘用合同。 a research/modelling/recording contract 研究/建模/录音合同 a lucrative government contract 有利可图的政府合同 - contract with somebody
to enter into/negotiate/sign a contract with the supplier 与供应商签订/谈判/签署合同 - contract between A and B
These clauses form part of the contract between buyer and seller. 这些条款构成买卖双方所签合同的一部分。 - contract for something
a contract for the supply of vehicles 提供车辆的合约 - contract to do something
to win/be awarded a contract to build a new school 获得承建一所新学校的合同 to renew/extend/terminate/cancel a contract 续签/延长/终止/取消合同 - on a contract
I was on a three-year contract that expired last week. 我签订的三年期合同已于上周期满。 - under contract to/with somebody/something
She is under contract to (= has a contract to work for) a major American computer firm. 她已签约为一家大型美国计算机公司工作。 - out of contract
The phone costs several hundred dollars more out of contract (= without a contract with a phone company). 这部电话的合同价要高出几百美元。 The midfielder will be out of contract at the end of the season (= his contract with his club will have finished). 这位中场球员将在本赛季结束时与俱乐部解除合同。 a contract worker (= one employed on a contract for a fixed period of time) 合同工 Under the terms of the contract the job should have been finished yesterday. 根据合同的条款，这项工作本应于昨天完成。 They were sued for breach of contract (= not doing what they agreed to do in a contract). 他们被指控违约。 He had a release clause written into his contract. 他在合同里写了一个免责条款。 - subject to contract
The offer has been accepted, subject to contract (= the agreement is not official until the contract is signed). 此报价已获接受，尚须以签约为准。
WordfinderExtra ExamplesTopics Discussion and agreementb2, Working lifeb2, Law and justiceb2, Houses and homesb2, Businessb2By using cheaper materials, the company has broken the terms of its contract. 该公司使用较廉价的材料，违反了合同条款。 Do you have a contract with your employer? 你和雇主订有合同吗？ Eighteen companies are bidding for the contract. 有 18 家公司竞标这份合同。 Either party can terminate the contract at any time. 任何一方均可随时终止合同。 He entered into a contract with his former employer. 他同前雇主签订了合同。 He's on a three-year fixed-term contract. 他已签订了一个 3 年定期合同。 If you go on strike you will be in breach of contract. 如果你罢工，就会违反合同。 Many workers do not have written contracts. 许多工人没有书面合同。 My advertising firm just won a lucrative contract with a cigarette company. 我的广告公司刚刚与一家香烟公司签订了一份收益丰厚的合同。 She managed to negotiate a permanent contract with the company. 通过谈判，她同这家公司订立了一份永久合同。 The company is being sued for breach of contract. 这家公司被控违约。 The contract expires at the end of next year. 这份合同明年年底到期。 The contract was declared void. 这份合同被宣布无效。 The firm lost the contract to a large London company. 这家企业在竞争这份合同时输给了一家伦敦的大公司。 The successful bidder must exchange contracts immediately and pay a deposit. 中标者必须立即交换契约并支付定金。 They put a clause in the contract stipulating that the work should be finished by next month. 他们在合同中立了一项条款，规定工作应在下月底前完成。 They won a contract for the delivery of five fighter planes. 他们获得一份交付五架战斗机的合同。 Under her contract of employment, Mrs Lee could not be required to work at a different site. 根据李女士的雇佣合同，雇主不能要求她到另一地工作。 You should make sure that you have a formal contract of employment. 你应确保自己有一份正式的雇佣合同。 a series of major contracts worth millions of pounds 价值数百万英镑的一系列重要合同 the company fulfilling the construction contract 执行施工合同的公司 the contract between the employer and the employee 雇主和雇员之间的合约 the firm carrying out the construction contract 执行建筑合同的公司 The company is currently negotiating a contract to build a new hotel development. 该公司目前正在谈判一份建造新酒店的合同。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long-term
- permanent
- guaranteed
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- have
- bid for
- bid on
- …
- expire
- be worth something
- work
- worker
- manufacturer
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- in a/the contract
- on a contract
- under contract (to)
- …
- (a) breach of contract
- a contract of employment
- a contract of sale
- …
- contract (on somebody) (informal)
an agreement to kill somebody for money （雇用杀人的）协议，合同 She took out a contract on her ex-husband. 她雇好了凶手打算谋杀她的前夫。 He has a contract out on you. 他已雇了人杀你。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + contract- take out
- have out
- killer
- killing
- contract on
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin contractus, from contract- ‘drawn together, tightened’, from the verb contrahere, from con- ‘together’ + trahere ‘draw’.