contract²

vt.

1. 缔结；订（约）[（+with）]
   The two businesses contracted a merger.

   两家商行签约合并了。

2. 承包，承办[（+to）]
3. 使订婚约[（+to）]
4. 得（病）；沾染（习惯）；负（债）
   I contracted a cold.

   我得了感冒。

5. 使缩小；使收缩

vi.

1. 订契约[（+with）]
   We contracted with a Japanese firm for the purchase of electronic instruments.

   我们与一家日本公司签约购买电子仪器。

2. 承包，承办[（+to）]
3. 缩小；收缩
   Metals contract in cold weather.

   金属在寒冷的天气里收缩。