1、understatement

不充分如實的陳述；輕描淡寫的說明

To say I'm disappointed is an understatement.

說我失望那是說得太輕了。

He was getting very hard to live with, and that's the understatement of the year.

說他很不好相處，那簡直是說得太客氣了。

輕描淡寫；重事輕說；淡化

He informed us with massive understatement that he was feeling disappointed.

他極力輕描淡寫地跟我們說他感到失望。

typical British understatement.

典型的英國式輕描淡寫

2、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(shè)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(shù)博物館已經(jīng)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(dǎo)致肌肉收縮。