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 dollars.

他簽下了一份為期7年的合同，年薪為15萬(wàn)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(guò)量食用肉類和鹽可能會(huì)導(dǎo)致肌肉收縮。

2、come along

(尤用于鼓勵(lì)別人參加某活動(dòng))來(lái)吧，一起來(lái)

There's a big press launch today and you're most welcome to come along.

今天有一個(gè)大型的媒體推介會(huì)，非常希望您能光臨。

(偶然地)發(fā)生，來(lái)到

I waited a long time until a script came along that I thought was genuinely funny.

我等了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，直到出現(xiàn)了一個(gè)我認(rèn)為真正逗趣的劇本。

It was lucky you came along.

真幸運(yùn)你來(lái)了。

進(jìn)展;進(jìn)步

Pentagon spokesman Williams says those talks are coming along quite well.

五角大樓發(fā)言人威廉斯說(shuō)那些會(huì)談進(jìn)展得相當(dāng)順利。

How's Ferguson coming along?

弗格森現(xiàn)在怎么樣啊？