作为动词,contract有以下意思: 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 compare作为动词,有以下意思: vt. 1. 比较,对照[(+with/to)] Compared with him, I am a bungler. 与他相比,我只能算是一个笨拙的人。 Compare this with that, and you will see which is better. 将这个与那个比较一下,你就会知道哪个比较好了。 2. 比喻为,比作[(+to/with)] vi. 1. (可与...)相比,匹敌[(+with)] 作为名词的区别也很大. contract做名词有以下意思: 1. 契约;合同 I was then under contract to a bus company. 那时候我按合同为一家公共汽车公司工作。 2. 契约书;合约书 3. (桥牌)合约 4. 婚约