contracted
英 [kənˈtrækt]
美 [kənˈtrækt]
- adj. 契约的；收缩了的；狭小的
- v. 使收缩；订契约（contract的过去式和过去分词）
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记忆方法
1、con- "together" + tract- + -ed.
2、字面意思为： draw together. => combine, make an agreement.
2、字面意思为： draw together. => combine, make an agreement.
英语词源
- contracted (adj.)
- c. 1600, "agreed upon," also "shrunken, shortened," past participle adjective from contract (v.).
权威例句
- 1. She contracted a formal marriage to a British ex-serviceman.
- 她和一个英国退役军人正式订婚了。
- 2. When Barclays Bank contracted out its cleaning, the new company was cheaper.
- 当巴克莱银行外包其结算业务后，新公司的价格更为便宜。
- 3. The manufacturing economy contracted in October for the sixth consecutive month.
- 10月，制造业经济已经连续第6个月出现萎缩状况。
- 4. Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer contracted by women.
- 卵巢癌是女性常患的第六大癌症。
- 5. He contracted Spanish flu, which almost killed him.
- 他得了西班牙流感，险些丧命。