contract是什么意思

A：We're having some quality-control problems, Jim. We need to go to the source to work them out.
      吉姆，我们有一些品管的问题。我们必须找出问题根源并设法解决。

B：What problems are you having, exactly?
      你们究竟有什么问题？

A：The complaint rate for our new product line is very high, almost seven percent.
      我们新产品的抱怨率非常高，几乎高达百分之七。

B：That's high.
      的确很高。

A：Yes. We keep finding problems when testing the boards.
      没错。我们测试声卡时一直发现问题。

B：But your promotional materials claim the boards are the least expensive of their type on the market.
      可是你们的促销材料要求这种声卡必须是市场上同类型产品中最便宜的。

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A：The least expensive, but still fully functional. And we think that your factory needs to take measures to improve quality control.
      是要最便宜，但仍要有完备的功能。我们认为你们工厂需要采取措施来改善品管。

B：That will involve additional expenses for us, which we'll have to pass on to you as a rate hike.
      那意味我们会有额外的开销，而我们会把价格增加部分转嫁到你们身上。

A：I'm afraid that's unacceptable. Your contract says that you will deliver a product with a reject rate of less than five percent.
      恐怕我们无法接受。你们的合约上说你们会以低于百分之五的瑕疵率交货。

B：Well, I'll tell you what, Mike. I'll review the contract and talk with management. Then we'll get together and hash this out.
      嗯，莱斯特我跟你说，我会再看一遍合约，并和管理部门讨论。然后我们会一起讨论解决这个问题。

A：Good morning, Mr. Smith. I brought the contract you are been looking for.Please go over the draft of the contract.
      上午好，斯密司先生。我带来了你要等待的合同。请再看一下草案吧。

B：OK. Sit down, please. What would you like, Chinese tea or coffee?
      好的，请坐。你想喝点什么，中国茶还是咖啡？

A：Thank you. I'd very much like to have a cup of Chinese tea.
      我想来杯中国茶，谢谢你。

B：Here you are.
      茶给你。

A：Finished?
      看完了吗？

B：Yes. I have one question about clause 8.Are these the terms that we agreed on?
      看完了。关于第八条款，我有个疑问。这些是我们同意的条件吗？

A：OK. Let's have a look at it.
      好，让我们来看看。

B：10 percent down and the balance at the time of shipment?That's what I mean.
      百分之十付现款，余额在装运时付清吗？我就是指的这个。

A：Yes, I think that's what we stipulated.
      对呀，我想那是我们所订定的。

contract是什么意思

B：I'll need a few minutes to check over my notes again.
      我再需要几分钟来核对一下我的笔记。

A：Right?
      对吗？

B：Yes, it is right.
      对，是正确的。

A：Good. Can we sign them right away?
      好的。我们现在可以签合同了吗？

B：Of course.S Hand me the pen.
      当然可以。请把笔给我。

A：Here you are.
      给你。

B：Where shall I put my signature?
      我签在哪儿呀？

A：Here, on the last page.We'll sign two originals, each in the Chinese and English language.Both are equally effective.
      这儿，在最后一页。我们将要用中文和英文分别签署两份原件。两者都有效。

B：OK. Is that all?
      好的。就这样完了吗？

A：No. Will you also initial this change on page 2, please?
      不，请你也在第二页变更处签姓名的一个字母好吗？

B：I'm glad our negotiation has come to a successful conclusion.
      我很高兴这次洽谈圆满成功。

A：I hope this will lead to further business between us.
      我希望这次交易将使我们之间的贸易能得到进一步发展。

B：All we have to do now is shake hands.
      现在我们所该做的只是握手了。

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A：OK, and go out and have a drink to congratulate ourselves.
      对，再出去喝一杯以示庆祝。

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B：That's a great idea.
      真是个好主意。

1. 合同;契约
    A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.

    e.g. The company won a prestigious contract for work on Europe's tallest building...
           这家公司赢得了一份极为重要的合同，参与建设欧洲最高的大厦。
    e.g. He was given a seven-year contract with an annual salary of $150,000.
           他签下了一份为期7年的合同，年薪为15万美元。

2. 签合同，订立契约(做某事)
    If you contract with someone to do something, you legally agree to do it for them or for them to do it for you.

    e.g. You can contract with us to deliver your cargo...
           你可以跟我们签订送货合同。
    e.g. The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has already contracted to lease part of its collection to a museum in Japan.
           波士顿美术博物馆已经签订合同，将其部分藏品租借给日本一家博物馆。

3. (使)收缩;(使)缩小;(使)缩短
    When something contracts or when something contracts it, it becomes smaller or shorter.

    e.g. Blood is only expelled from the heart when it contracts...
           血液在心脏收缩的时候从心脏流出。
    e.g. New research shows that an excess of meat and salt can contract muscles.
           新的研究表明，过量食用肉类和盐可能会导致肌肉收缩。

4. (经济、市场等)紧缩，缩小
    When something such as an economy or market contracts, it becomes smaller.

    e.g. The manufacturing economy contracted in October for the sixth consecutive month.
           10月，制造业经济已经连续第6个月出现萎缩状况。

5. 感染，患(病)
    If you contract a serious illness, you become ill with it.

    e.g. He contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion...
           他因为输血而感染了艾滋病。
    e.g. Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer contracted by women.
           卵巢癌是女性常患的第六大癌症。

6. 订立(婚约);签订(盟约等)
    If you contract a marriage, alliance, or other relationship with someone, you arrange to have that relationship with them.

    e.g. She contracted a formal marriage to a British ex-serviceman.
           她和一个英国退役军人正式订婚了。

7. 买凶杀人的协议
    If there is a contract on a person or on their life, someone has made an arrangement to have them killed.

    e.g. The convictions resulted in the local crime bosses putting a contract on him...
           这些判罪导致当地犯罪团伙的老大们要雇凶杀他。
    e.g. The police advised her to get out of town because there was a contract on her life.
           警察建议她离开这个城市，因为有人雇杀手杀她。

8. 签订工作合同的
    If you are under contract to someone, you have signed a contract agreeing to work for them, and for no-one else, during a fixed period of time.

    e.g. The director wanted Olivia de Havilland, then under contract to Warner Brothers.
           导演想要当时签约于华纳兄弟娱乐公司旗下的奥利维娅·德哈维兰出演。

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