contracted
past simple and past participle ofcontract
| 单词 | contracted |
| 释义 | contracted past simple and past participle ofcontract contract verb uk/kənˈtrækt/us/kənˈtrækt/contractverb(BECOME SMALLER)[IorT] to make orbecomeshorterornarrowerorgenerallysmallerinsize: InspokenEnglish, "do not" often contractsto"don't". As itcooled, themetalcontracted. [I] tobecomesmallerinamountorquantity: Arecessionis aperiodwhen theeconomyis contracting. Agriculturaloutputhas contracted by 2.3percent. to decrease
Becoming and making smaller or less
contractverb(BECOME ILL)C2[T]formal tocatchorbecomeillwith adisease: He contractedmalariawhile he wastravelling. Being & falling ill
contractverb(AGREEMENT)C2[IorT] to make alegalagreementwith someone to doworkor to haveworkdone for you: [+ to infinitive]Ourcompanywas contractedtobuildsheltersfor thehomeless. Business - general words
Phrasal verbscontract in/out contractsomethingout Examplesofcontractedcontracted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. These workers then relay the information (by fax) to the referral units of thecontractedagencies. From theCambridge English Corpus This picture derived from marriagescontractedis supported by other data included surveys of marriages (or other stable unions) actually in force in particular communities. From theCambridge English Corpus The number of pubilles and the nature of their marriage settlements theycontractedhas been calculated by using two different sources. From theCambridge English Corpus It narrows the subterms at the same positions that arecontractedby the reduction using the same rewrite rules. From theCambridge English Corpus For a given standard reduction derivation its lifted narrowing derivation is not necessarily that in which only 'needed' narrowable terms arecontracted. From theCambridge English Corpus Within thatcontractedsector, cotton has lost much acreage to new crops. From theCambridge English Corpus Text-figure 2 shows an increasing divorce trend for marriagescontractedin the different 5-year periods. From theCambridge English Corpus In the old kingdom, everything vanished andcontracted. From theCambridge English Corpus Hecontractedlaryngeal cancer aged 32 and underwent a laryngectomy. From theCambridge English Corpus These normalizing functions are defined in terms of simpler detourcontraction functions, where only detours of particular ordinal-levels arecontracted. From theCambridge English Corpus Systems can also be heated or cooled, expanded andcontracted, pressurised or exploded. From theCambridge English Corpus The kingdom in time failed to expand further, and indeedcontractedas land was lost through wars. From theCambridge English Corpus Because bureaucracies know more than their principals about the work they have been 'contracted' to do, information is asymmetrical. From theCambridge English Corpus Both, however, were originallycontractedfor dates preceding those of the festivities they eventually adorned. From theCambridge English Corpus Even ejidatarios of modest meanscontractedmariachi groups that played all night long for them, whilst drinking beer until they fell asleep at their table. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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