contract
US /'kɑ:ntrækt/
・UK /'kɒntrækt/
A1 初級英檢初級多益
v.t./i.動詞 (及物/不及物)染上（疾病等）
Do you know what to do if you contract yellow fever?
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)合約
He signed a five-year contract with FC Barcelona
v.t./i.動詞 (及物/不及物)合意；同意
If I contract to work 50 hours a week I’d need a salary increase
v.t./i.動詞 (及物/不及物)萎縮
During this procedure your muscles contract as if you were doing exercises
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)殺人合約
I think somebody took out a contract on him, as he had enough enemies who wanted to kill him
v.t./i.動詞 (及物/不及物)減少...的數量
The economy will contract by 1% next year
v.t./i.動詞 (及物/不及物)縮寫
In spoken English, 'cannot' is often contracted to 'can't'
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戒掉中式英文！學會外國人真正的說話方式，讓你的英語更道地（If you want to sound like a native English speaker, stop saying phrases like this）
- So instead of saying "I should have known better," say "I should have known better." "I should have known better." We really contract these words, "should have," into "shoulda." "I should have known better." You may also hear "should have." "I should have known better." They're both variations on the same expression.
所以這是一個你可以經常使用的句子。
- "I shoulda known better.." We really contract these words, "should have," into "shoulda."
「我早該明白的。」我們把 "should have" 大幅縮讀成 "shoulda"。
當我不再在乎時，我的生活發生了大大的改變 (My life changed when I stopped giving a f*ck | The Law of Detachment)
- And basically what that means is that if I were to terminate the contract early, so before the three years is up, then I would need to pay a pretty two years in, and I was burnt out like crazy.
而這基本上意味著，如果我提前終止合同，那麼在三年到期之前，我就需要支付兩年的費用，而我已經焦頭爛額了。
- and basically what that means is that if I were to terminate the contract early, so before the three years is up, then I would need to pay a pretty hefty fine of half a year's worth of salary.
兩個月後，我的成績達到了 1 萬分。
為什麼波音公司花了十年時間才成功送太空人到國際太空站？ (Why It Took Boeing A Decade To Launch NASA Astronauts On Starliner)
- Boeing's Starliner is a human-grade space capsule designed to take astronauts to and from the International Space Station under NASA's commercial crew contract.
波音公司的 "星際客機"（Starliner）是一個載人級太空艙，旨在根據美國國家航空航天局（NASA）的商業乘員合同，運送太空人往返國際空間站。
- Boeing's Starliner is a human-grade space capsule designed to take astronauts to and from the International Space Station under NASA's commercial crew contract.
2011 年，航天飛機退役後，美國國家航空航天局只能依靠唯一一個能將機組人員安全送入低地球軌道並返回的實體，那就是俄羅斯。
臺灣的半導體產業是如何取勝的？ (How Taiwan's Semiconductor Industry Won)
- TSMC was one of the first companies to invest heavily in EUV technology, giving it a significant edge over competitors like Samsung and Intel. Today, and as we noted at the beginning of the video, Taiwan accounts for more than 60% of the global semiconductor foundry market, making it the world's largest supplier of chips that power everything from smartphones to high performance computing systems. TSMC alone is the world's largest contract chipmaker.
臺積電是首批大力投資 EUV 技術的公司之一，使其在與三星和英特爾等競爭對手的競爭中佔據了重要優勢。如今，正如我們在視頻開頭提到的，臺灣佔據了全球半導體代工市場 60% 以上的份額，成為全球最大的芯片供應商，為從智能手機到高性能計算系統等各種產品提供動力。僅臺積電一家公司就是全球最大的合約芯片製造商。
- TSMC alone is the world's largest contract chipmaker.
蘋果如何稱霸日本市場！ (How Apple Dominated Japan)
- Offering an iPhone for free with a two-year contract.
提供兩年合同的免費iPhone。
- that worked out well for Apple, since they ran the most aggressive mobile phone promotion in the country's history to attract more users, offering an iPhone for free with a two-year contract.
但蘋果的戰略很重要，原因有二。首先，是許多分析師不認為預計iPhone將吸引日本客戶。
