1、contract

合同;契約

The company won a prestigious contract for work on Europe's tallest building.

這家公司贏得了一份極為重要的合同，參與建設歐洲最高的大廈。

He was given a seven-year contract with an annual salary of $150,000.

他簽下了一份為期7年的合同，年薪為15萬美元。

簽合同，訂立契約(做某事)

You can contract with us to deliver your cargo.

你可以跟我們簽訂送貨合同。

The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has already contracted to lease part of its collection to a museum in Japan.

波士頓美術博物館已經簽訂合同，將其部分藏品租借給日本一家博物館。

(使)收縮;(使)縮小;(使)縮短

Blood is only expelled from the heart when it contracts.

血液在心臟收縮的時候從心臟流出。

New research shows that an excess of meat and salt can contract muscles.

新的研究表明，過量食用肉類和鹽可能會導致肌肉收縮。

2、realize

認識到；意識到；了解

As soon as we realised something was wrong, we moved the children away.

我們剛意識到有什么不對勁就把孩子轉移了。

People don't realize how serious this recession has actually been.

人們沒有意識到這次經濟衰退事實上有多嚴重。

（希望、心愿或恐懼）實現，成為現實，發生

Straightaway our worst fears were realised.

我們最恐懼的事情一下發生了。

Those are our hopes; we are starting this clinical trial to investigate whether those hopes will be realised.

那些就是我們的希望；我們正在開展這些臨床試驗以調查那些希望是否可以實現。

實現;實施;實行

Various textile techniques will be explored to realise design possibilities.

將嘗試和探索紡織技巧來把這些設計變為現實。

The kaleidoscopic quality of the book is brilliantly realised on stage.

該書包羅萬象、精彩紛呈的特質在舞臺上得到了精彩再現。