contracted
US /kən'træktɪd/
・UK /kən'træktɪd/
A1 初級
v.t./i.動詞 (及物/不及物)生病的
He is not going to work today, he has contracted flu
v.t./i.動詞 (及物/不及物)合約
I got contracted to work 40 hours a week
v.t./i.動詞 (及物/不及物)已萎縮
We should contract the production until we increase our market share
v.t./i.動詞 (及物/不及物)簽約
He contracted his total consumption of calories and lost some weight
v.t./i.動詞 (及物/不及物)已縮寫
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）
- Same with "would have," "would have," or "woulda." They're both fine and mean the same thing, just "woulda" is a little more casual, a little bit, hmm, more contracted than "would have." So if you want to sound a little more professional, I would recommend "would have" and not "woulda," but it's a very slight variation.
「你能稍後回電給我嗎？」
- They're both fine and mean the same thing, just "woulda" is a little more casual, a little bit, more contracted than "would've."
兩者都可以且意思相同，只是 "woulda" 更隨意一點，比 "would've" 縮讀得更多。
你也說錯了嗎？5 個英語學習者最常犯的錯誤（Are YOU Saying it WRONG? 5 Highly Common Mistakes in English）
- Now, with the negative contracted form "won't," the order is different.
但它應該放在哪裡呢？
- Now, with the negative contracted form "won't," the order is different.
現在，對於縮略形式的否定「won't」，順序就不同了。
為什麼美國非贏不可？揭秘中、美「重返月球」的野心（Why the U.S. wants to get to the moon before China）
- Soon after, the Secretary of Transportation began publicly criticizing SpaceX, the company contracted to build the next lunar lander.
沒多久，交通部長開始公開批評 SpaceX，也就是負責建造下一個月球登陸器的公司。
- the company contracted to build the next lunar lander.
沒多久，交通部長開始公開批評 SpaceX，也就是負責建造下一個月球登陸器的公司。
中國品牌 Shein 如何打造出價值 660 億美元的快時尚帝國 ？(How Shein Built a $66B Fast-Fashion Empire | WSJ The Economics Of)
- The Wall Street Journal's calculations found that these audits accounted for about 36% of Shein's contracted manufacturers.
《華爾街日報》的計算發現，這些審計約佔 Shein 簽約製造商的 36%。
- of Shein's contracted manufacturers.
的簽約製造商。
研究者ですが「中世ヨーロッパ」について質問ありますか？| Tech Support | WIRED Japan (研究者だけど「中世ヨーロッパ」について質問ある？| Tech Support | WIRED Japan)
- If we look at the mortality rate for the Black Death, we see that it's something like 80%, and that means if you contracted plague, you had maybe an 18 to 20% chance of surviving.
如果我們看一下黑死病的死亡率，我們會發現大概是 80%，這意味著如果你感染了鼠疫，你可能有 18% 到 20% 的機會活下來。
- And that means if you contracted plague, you had maybe an 18 to 20 percent chance of surviving.
現在的證據表明，中世紀的人們似乎和現代人一樣愛自己的孩子，他們在孩子死後為他們哀悼，在孩子生病時為他們擔心。
