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美音:[´kɔn´tækt ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[´kɔn´tækt ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
n.接触,联系 vt.接触,联系

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contact为中学词汇   词频:1636

词形变化:

副词:contactually 形容词:contactual 动词过去式:contacted 过去分词:contacted 现在分词:contacting 第三人称单数:contacts

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tang,tact=to touch(接触)

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approach  connect  join  reach  touch  isolation    

contact


/'kɒntækt; `kɑntækt/
n
1 [U] ~ (with sb/sth)
(a) state of touching (used esp with the vs shown) 接触(尤与下列示例中动词连用)
*The two substances are now in contact (with each other), and a chemical reaction is occurring. 现在这两种物质(互相)接触产生了化学反应.
* His hand came into contact with (ie touched) a hot surface. 他的手触到热物体的表面.
* The label sticks on contact, ie when it touches a surface. 这标签一接触即可贴上.
* (fig 比喻) The troops came into contact with (ie met) the enemy. 部队已与敌人交锋(遭遇).
* (fig 比喻) Pupils must be brought into contact with (ie exposed to) new ideas. 应该引导学生接触新思想.
(b) communication 通讯; 联系; 交往
*in constant radio/telephone contact (with sb) (与某人)经常保持无线电[电话]联系
* Beyond a certain distance we are out of contact with our headquarters. 我们跟总部超过一定距离通讯就会中断.
* She's lost contact with her son, ie no longer hears from him, knows where he is, etc. 她跟儿子失去了联系.
* two people avoiding eye contact, ie avoiding looking directly at each other 避免目光接触的两人.
2 [C] instance of meeting or communicating 接触; 会晤; 通讯; 联系; 交往
*extensive contacts with firms abroad 与国外公司的广泛的联系.
3 [C] person one has met or will meet, esp one who can be helpful 已接触或将接触的人(尤指于己有利的人)
*I have a useful contact in New York. 我在纽约有个有用的人可以联系.
4 [C]
(a) electrical connection 电流的接触; 电的接通
*A poor contact causes power to fail occasionally. 接触不良有时会造成断电.
(b) device that makes an electrical connection 接触器; 电气接头; 触头
*The switches close the contacts and complete the circuit. 这些开关可使接触器接通电流形成回路.
5 [C] (medical 医) person who may be infectious because he has recently been near to sb who has a contagious disease (因接触传染病人)可能受到传染者.
6 (idm 习语) make contact (with sb/sth) succeed in speaking to or meeting sb/sth 与某人[某事物]交谈、会晤或取得联系
*They made contact with headquarters by radio. 他们用无线电跟总部联络上 了.
* I finally made contact with her in Paris. 我终于在巴黎同她取得了联系. make/break `contact complete/interrupt an electric circuit 接通[切断]电流.

/kən'tækt, 'kɒntækt; `kɑntækt/
v [Tn] reach (sb/sth) by telephone, radio, letter, etc; communicate with (用电话、无线电、书信等与某人[某事物])联系; 与...来往
*Where can I contact you tomorrow? 明天我在哪里能跟你联系?
1. Eye contact should be natural, not forced or overdone.
    目光的接触应该自然,而不要勉强或过度。

2. But here we come up against the most difficult of all obstacles to contact with people on other planets----the astronomical distances which separate us.
    然而,在和外星人联系中我们遇到的最大困难是分隔我们的天文距离。

3. While I had met Roosevelt at large diplomatic receptions in Washington, my contact had been limited to a brief handshake and an exchange of a few words.
    在华盛顿的大型外交招待会上我曾见到过罗斯福,我与他的接触也只局限于短暂的握手和简单的几句交流。

4. When you see someone you know, or would like to make contact with, smile. You are showing an open attitude to conversation.
    当你看到某个你所认识的人,或是想和他接触,就微笑吧。你这是在表明你乐于与他交谈的明确态度。

5. Without these inviting signs, others will most likely stay away from you and look for someone who appears to be ready for contact.
    没有了这些吸引人交谈的信号,别人就很有可能远离你,而去寻找那些看上去愿意与人交往的人。

6. We can now not only choose our marriage partner, we also can divorce that partner at will, subject children to our own adult worship of happiness, and deny the other parent any regular contact with their children.
    现在我们不仅可以选择配偶,也可以任意与其离婚,将我们成人对幸福的崇拜置于孩子的利益之上,也可以阻止另一方与孩子有任何经常性的来往。

7. We have put old women in nursing "homes" with absolutely no intellectual stimulation, isolated from human warmth and contact, and then condemned them for losing their mental abilities.
    我们把老年妇女送进养老之"家",那儿没有丝毫促进思考动脑的活动,远离人间的温暖和交往,然后指责她们丧失了思维能力。

8. Too much eye contact, especially if it is forced, can work against you. If you stare at a person, or leer (斜视) in a suspicious (怀疑的) way, the other person may feel uncomfortable and even suspicious about your intent (意图).
    目光接触过多,特别是如果这些接触很勉强的话,会产生不利于你的效果。假如你盯住一个人看,或是用怀疑的目光斜视,对方也许会感到不舒服,甚至会怀疑你的意图。

9. The researchers hope to make contact with whatever "higher intelligence" may lie under the sea.
    这些研究人员希望能与任何可能居住在海底的"高级智能生命"接触。

10. The realization hit me that I can expect this kind of personal contact with death to occur with greater and greater frequency.
    我顿时意识到我与死亡的接触会越来越频繁。

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