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(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(shí)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(huì)導(dǎo)致肌肉收縮。

2、possess

占有；擁有

He was then arrested and charged with possessing an offensive weapon.

他隨后被逮捕，并被控?fù)碛泄粜晕淦鳌?/p>

He is said to possess a fortune of more than two-and-a-half-thousand million dollars.

據(jù)說他擁有超出25億美元的財(cái)富。

具備，具有（特定品質(zhì)、才能等）

individuals who are deemed to possess the qualities of sense, loyalty and discretion.

被認(rèn)為具備了理性、忠誠和判斷力的人

This figure has long been held to possess miraculous power.

這個(gè)數(shù)字長時(shí)間以來都被認(rèn)為擁有神奇的力量。

（情感或信仰）影響，控制

Absolute terror possessed her.

她恐懼到了極點(diǎn)。

Tsvetayeva was possessed by a frenzied urge to get out of Moscow.

茨維塔耶娃內(nèi)心有一種想要離開莫斯科的狂熱沖動(dòng)。