每日英语单词46:contact


今日单词

contact

n.  接触; 触点; [医](传染病)接触人; 门路;

vt.  使接触; 与…联系; 与…通讯(或通话);

vi.  联系,接触;

形近词

 

 

contract

n.  合同; 契约; 协议;

contrast

n.  对比,对照;  差异;  对照物,对立面;

v.  对比;对照,形成对比;

contain

vt.  包含,容纳;  克制,遏制;包括或由…构成;

content

n.  内容; (书等的)目录; 满足; 容量;

intact

adj.  完整无缺的,完好无缺; 完好无损;

近义词

connection;touch




contact   
英[ˈkɒntækt]   美 [ˈkɑntækt] 
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n.  接触; 触点; [医](传染病)接触人; 门路;
vt.  使接触; 与…联系; 与…通讯(或通话);
vi.  联系,接触;
词根:con一起+tact接触→contact接触,联系
① (N-UNCOUNT) (尤指经常性的)联系,联络 
Contact involves meeting or communicating with someone, especially regularly.
● Opposition leaders are denying any contact with the government in Kabul... 
反对派领袖否认与喀布尔政府有任何联系。
② (PHRASE) 保持联系;有联系 
If you are in contact with someone, you regularly meet them or communicate with them.
● He was in direct contact with the kidnappers... 
他与绑架者有直接联系。
③ (VERB) 联系;联络 
If you contact someone,you telephone them, write to them, or go to see them in order to tell or ask them something.
● Contact the TouristInformation Bureau for further details... 
详情请洽旅游信息处。
形近词:
1、 contract
英 [ ˈkɒntrækt]   美 [ ˈkɑːntrækt] 
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n.  合同; 契约; 协议;
词根:con共同+tract拉→拉到一起来→contract合同
① (N-COUNT) 合同;契约 
A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee,which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
● The company won aprestigious contract for work on Europe's tallest building... 
这家公司赢得了一份极为重要的合同,参与建设欧洲最高的大厦。
② (VERB) 签合同,订立契约(做某事) 
If you contract with someone to do something, you legally agree to do it for them or for them to doit for you.
● You can contract withus to deliver your cargo... 
你可以跟我们签订送货合同。
 
2、contrast
英 [ˈkɒntrɑːst]   美[ˈkɑːntræst] 
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n.  对比,对照;差异; 对照物,对立面; [摄]反差;
v.  对比;对照,(靠近或作比较时)显出明显的差异,形成对比;
① (N-VAR) 差异;差别;悬殊 
A contrast is a great difference between two or more things which is clear when you compare them.
● ...the contrast between town and country... 
城乡差别
② (PHRASE) 相比之下;与…相反 
You say by contrast or in contrast, or in contrast to something, to show that you are mentioning avery different situation from the one you have just mentioned.
● The private sector, bycontrast, has plenty of money to spend... 
相比之下,私营部门就有很多钱可供开销。
③ (PHRASE) 与…截然不同;与…对比鲜明 
If one thing is in contrast to another, it is very different from it.
● His public statementshave always been in marked contrast to those of his son... 
他和他儿子在公开场合的言论总是截然不同。
 
3、contain
英 [kənˈteɪn]   美[kənˈten] 
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vt.  包含,容纳;克制,遏制;牵制;包括或由…构成;
词根:con一起+tain握住→contain包容,包含
①(VERB) 装有;容纳
If something such as a box, bag, room, or place contains things, those thingsare inside it.
●The bag contained a Christmas card... 
这个包里装着一张圣诞卡。
●Factory shops contain a wide range of cheap furnishings... 
工厂车间里陈设着种类繁多的廉价家具。
②(VERB) 包含;含有
If a substance contains something, that thing is a part of it.
●Greek yogurt contains much less fat than double cream... 
希腊酸奶比高脂浓奶油所含脂肪要少得多。
 
4、content
英 ['kɒntent]   美[ˈkɑntent] 
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n.  内容;(书等的)目录; 满足; 容量;
① (N-PLURAL) 所容纳的东西;所含之物
The contents of a container such as a bottle, box, or room are the things that are inside it.
● Empty the contents ofthe pan into the sieve... 
将锅里的东西倒到筛子上。
② (N-UNCOUNT) (书、演讲、电视节目等的)内容
If you refer to the content or contents of something such as a book, speech, or television programme, you are referring to the subject that it deals with, the story that it tells, or the ideas that it expresses.
● She is reluctant todiscuss the content of the play... 
她不愿意谈该剧的内容。
 
5、Intact
英 [ɪnˈtækt]   美[ɪn'tækt] 
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adj.  完整无缺的,未经触动的,未受损伤的; 原封不动的; 完好无缺; 完好无损;
① (ADJ) 完整无缺的;未受损伤的
Something that is intact is complete and has not been damaged or changed.
● Most of the cargo wasleft intact after the explosion... 
大部分货物在爆炸发生后都完好无损。
● If the family unit is still intact, the patient frequently does very well. 
如果家庭仍然完整,病人常常恢复得很好
 
正能量语录:
Reducing human contact doesn’t lessen drivers’ sense of humanity.
虽然人与人的直接接触减少了,但这并没有削弱外卖骑手的人性关怀。
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