contact
noun OPAL W
/ˈkɒntækt/
/ˈkɑːntækt/
Idioms - [uncountable] the act of communicating with somebody, especially regularly
（尤指经常的）联系，联络 - contact with somebody I don't have much contact with my uncle.
我和叔父甚少联系。 - We've been unable to establish radio contact with the pilot.
我们无法与飞行员建立无线电联系。 - She's lost contact with (= no longer sees or writes to) her son.
她和儿子失去了联系。 - I finally made contact with (= succeeded in speaking to or meeting) her in Paris.
我最终在巴黎与她取得了联系。 - contact between A and B There is little contact between the two organizations.
这两个机构相互之间没有什么联系。 - in contact We're no longer in regular contact.
我们不再经常联系了。 - in contact with somebody The Foreign Office is currently in close contact with the Indian authorities.
外交部目前正与印度当局保持密切联系。 - Have you kept in contact with any of your friends from college (= do you still see them or speak or write to them)?
你和你大学里的朋友还保持联系吗？ - The organization put me in contact with other people in a similar position (= gave me their addresses or phone numbers).
这家机构为我提供了其他和我情况相似的人的联系方法。 - Anyone with any information about the incident is asked to get in contact with the police (= phone them or go to see them).
任何有关于该事件消息的人都被要求与警方联系。 - two people avoiding eye contact (= avoiding looking directly at each other)
避免目光相遇的两个人 - Please ensure we have your contact number (= phone number) in case we need to reschedule.
请确保我们有您的联系电话，以防我们需要重新安排。 - I'll give you my contact details (= phone number, email address, etc.)
我会给你我的具体联系方式。 - The society's website provides contact information.
该协会的网站提供联系方式。
- Here's my contact number while I'm away.
这是我外出时的联系电话。 - He carefully avoided eye contact.
他小心翼翼避免与人目光接触。 - You should make contact with them by email before you call.
你应该在打电话之前通过电子邮件和他们联系。 - Have you had any direct contact with the director of the company?
你同公司董事有过直接的接触吗？ - He never makes eye contact with me.
他从不与我直接对视。 - I put my cousin in contact with a friend who works at the company.
我让表妹同一位在那家公司工作的朋友联系。 - I have very little contact with Simon now.
我和西蒙现在很少联系。 - Let's try to stay in contact!
咱们设法保持联系！ - Maintaining contact after many years can be difficult.
许多年后还保持联系可能会很困难。 - She is still in close contact with Sarah.
她仍然同萨拉联系密切。 - She was deprived of all human contact for three weeks.
她曾被剥夺与所有人的联系达 3 个星期之久。 - There has been no contact between them for several years.
他们有几年没联系了。 - When I arrive Delhi I'll get in contact with him.
我到达德里后会跟他联系。 - We first established contact with the organization in 1999.
我们于1999年首次同这个机构建立了联系。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- close
- constant
- daily
- …
- be in
- have
- come into
- …
- contact between
- contact with
- contact with somebody I don't have much contact with my uncle.
- [uncountable] the state of meeting somebody or having to deal with something
遇见（某人）；碰上（要处理的事） - contact with somebody/something She always avoided contact with the press.
她总是避免与媒体接触。 - in contact with somebody/something He'd prefer a job where he doesn't have to be in direct contact with the public.
他更喜欢一份不必与公众直接接触的工作。 - In her job she often comes into contact with (= meets) lawyers.
她在工作中常与律师接触。 - Children should be brought into contact with poetry at an early age.
儿童应该在幼年就接触诗歌。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- close
- constant
- daily
- …
- be in
- have
- come into
- …
- contact between
- contact with
- contact with somebody/something She always avoided contact with the press.
- [countable, usually plural] an occasion on which you meet or communicate with somebody; a relationship with somebody
会见；交往；人际关系 - Even the US, which has no embassy there, is beginning to forge contacts.
就连在那里没有大使馆的美国也开始建立联系。 - contact with somebody We have good contacts with the local community.
我们与当地社区关系甚好。 - The company has maintained trade contacts with India.
这家公司和印度一直保持着贸易往来。
- Even the US, which has no embassy there, is beginning to forge contacts.
- [countable] a person that you know, especially somebody who can be helpful to you in your work
熟人；（尤指）社会关系 - social/personal contacts
社会上的／私下的熟人 - I've made some useful contacts in journalism.
我在新闻界结交了一些有用的人。 - She has several contacts in New York.
她在纽约有几个熟人。 - He has a contact at the White House.
他在白宫有熟人。
- He has a lot of good contacts in the music industry.
他在音乐界很有人脉。 - He used his contacts to get his son a publishing job.
他动用自己的关系给儿子找了一份出版业的工作。 - I made a lot of useful business contacts at the conference.
在这次大会上我建立了不少有用的业务关系。 - It takes time to build up contacts.
建立关系需要时间。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- useful
- valuable
- …
- have
- build up
- develop
- …
- social/personal contacts
- [uncountable] the state of touching something
触摸；接触 - a fear of physical contact
对身体接触的恐惧感 - The disease is spread by contact.
这种疾病通过接触传播。 - infections transmitted through sexual contact
通过性接触传播的感染 - in contact with something His fingers were briefly in contact with the ball.
他的手指稍稍地碰了一下球。 - This substance should not come into contact with food.
这种物质切莫与食物接触。 - on contact This pesticide kills insects on contact (= as soon as it touches them).
这种杀虫剂昆虫一触即死。 - on contact with something This chemical is liable to explode on contact with water.
这种化学品一接触水就容易爆炸。 - contact of something + adv./prep. She blushed at the sudden contact of his hand against her arm.
他的手突然碰到她的胳膊，她脸红了。
- The disease is transmitted through physical contact.
这种疾病通过身体的接触传播。 - For a brief moment their lips were in contact.
他们的嘴唇有瞬间的接触。 - The light will go out on contact with water.
一碰到水，这灯就会熄灭。 - There should be no contact between the separate samples.
分开的试样之间不应该有任何接触。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- physical
- sexual
- eye
- …
- come into
- avoid
- prevent
- …
- in contact
- on contact
- contact between
- …
- a fear of physical contact
- [countable] an electrical connection
（电流的）接触，接通；接触器 - The switches close the contacts and complete the circuit.
这些开关可接通形成闭合电路。
- The switches close the contacts and complete the circuit.
- [usually plural] (informal) a contact lens (= a small round piece of thin plastic that you put on your eye to help you see better)
隐形眼镜片 - [countable] a person who has recently been near to somebody with a contagious disease and so might have caught the infection from them
（与传染病患者的）接触者
act of communicating联系
meeting somebody/something遇到某人／事物
relationship关系
person人
touching somebody/something接触
electrical电
for eyes眼睛
medical医学
词源early 17th cent.: from Latin contactus, from contact- ‘touched, grasped, bordered on’, from the verb contingere, from con- ‘together with’ + tangere ‘to touch’.
Idioms
point of contact
- a place where you go or a person that you speak to when you are dealing with an organization
联系地点；联系人 - The receptionist is the first point of contact most people have with the clinic.
多数人与诊所接触的第一个人是接待员。
- The receptionist is the first point of contact most people have with the clinic.