contracted

常見例句

He has contracted for the building of the house at 20,000 dollars.
他已經(jīng)以兩萬美元承包建造這座房子。
《新英漢大辭典》
In many cases, these parasitic companies do not do the contracted work themselves but instead farm out the work to the highest bidders.
許多情況下，這些寄生的公司本身不做任何合同規(guī)定的工作，而是按照最高的報價將工程承包出去。
Yet prudence has not spared them: both economies contracted in the second and third quarters, and seem set for a further retreat in the current one.
然而，謹慎也不能使他們幸免：兩個經(jīng)濟體在第二季度和第三季度都收縮了，而且似乎本季還將進一步衰退。

At least 200 others have contracted the disease, which is caused by contaminated food or water and can be fatal if not treated.
The government says 144 Iranians have contracted the virus, commonly known as swine flu, about half of them falling sick after visiting Saudi Arabia.
Ahmad had contracted polio, a disease that paralyzes - and sometimes kills - its victims.

True, the leg-work is usually sub-contracted to Russians, including shadowy figures still on the state payroll.
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Then, when they are contracted or deleted, the blocks they use are freed up.
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