1COMMUNICATIONCONTACT somebodycommunication 交流 [uncountableU]communication with a person, organization, country etc 联系,联络;交往
contact with/between
There is very little contact between the two tribes.
这两个部落间几乎没有什么交往。
Many of us have no direct contact with elderly people.
我们中有许多人和老人没有直接的接触。
in contact
We stay in contact by email.
我们用电子邮件保持联系。
The town is cut off from contact with the outside world.
小镇与外界的联系被切断了。
2TOUCHtouch 接触 [uncountableU] when two people or things touch each other 接触
contact with/between
Children need physical contact with a caring adult.
儿童需要和关爱他们的大人有身体接触。
The disease spreads by sexual contact between infected animals.
这种疾病是通过受感染动物之间的性接触进行传播的。
in contact with something
For a second, his hand was in contact with mine.
那一瞬间,他的手和我的手碰到了一起。
When water comes into contact with air, carbon dioxide is released.
水和空气接触就会释放出二氧化碳。
on contact (with something)
The bomb exploded on contact (=at the moment it touched something).
炸弹一碰就爆炸了。
3SITUATION/PROBLEMexperience 经验 [uncountableU] when you meet someone or experience a particular kind of thing 接触,联系
Everyone who came into contact with Di felt better for knowing her.
与戴妃接触过的每一个人都庆幸认识了她。
Pat’s job brings her into contact with the problems people face when they retire.
帕特的工作使她接触到了人们退休后会遇到的种种问题。
4PERSON WHO CAN HELPperson 人 [countableC usually plural]KNOW somebody a person you know who may be able to help or advise you 〔能提供帮助或建议的〕熟人
He has a lot of contacts in the media.
在传媒界他有很多熟人。
a worldwide network of contacts
世界各地的人脉关系
business/personal contacts 生意关系/私交
5contacts[plural] a situation in which you can communicate easily with a group, country etc 社会关系
contacts with/between
We have good contacts with the local community.
我们和当地社区有着良好的关系。
He goes to great lengths to maintain these contacts.
他竭尽全力维持这些关系。
the establishment of diplomatic contacts
外交关系的建立
Examples from the Corpus
good contacts• Thornton had good contacts as well, and proved very useful in arrangingmeetings.• A coupla years ago, it meant you had good contacts and you used them well.• Basham has good contacts and, because of his FleetStreetconnections, thinks he has influence.• The Firm has good contacts at both organisations.• But in the areas where archaeologists and treasurehunters have good contacts, much information can and has been recovered.• We have good contacts with the local community.• He made good contacts, helpful friends, but he seemed to have helped them, too.
6point of contact
a)MEETa place you go to or a person you meet when you ask an organization for help 联系点;联系人
first/initial point of contact
Primary health care teams are the first point of contact for users of the service.
基础保健小组是保健服务使用者的第一个联系点。
b)CONNECTED WITHa way in which two different things are related 联系点,结合点
finding a point of contact between theory and practice
在理论与实践之间寻找一个结合点
c)the part of something where another thing touches it 接触点
The sting causes swelling at the point of contact.
I haven’t had any contact with her for at least two years.
我和她至少有两年没有联系了。
be in contact (=have regular communication) 在联系中
He’s been in contact with his lawyer about the situation.
针对这种状况,他已经在和律师联系了。
get in contact (=manage to communicate) 取得联系
Where can I get in contact with you while you are away?
你不在的时候我在哪里可以联系到你?
stay/keep in contact (also maintain contact formal) 保持联系
We’ve stayed in contact since we met on holiday.
我们自从度假时认识以后就一直保持着联系。
lose contact (=no longer see someone or hear from them) 失去联系
5She went to live in Australia and I lost contact with her.
她去澳大利亚生活了,我就和她失去了联系。
nShe moved to Spain and I lost contact with her.
make contact 联系
We’d like to make contact with other schools in the area.
我们想和这个地区的其他学校联系。
put somebody in contact with somebody (=give someone the name, telephone number etc of another person) 介绍某人和某人联系
I can put you in contact with a friend of mine in Paris.
我可以介绍你和我在巴黎的一个朋友联系。
come into contact with somebody (=meet or spend time with someone) 和某人接触
It’s good to come into contact with people from different cultures.
和不同文化背景的人接触有好处。
bring somebody into contact with someone 使某人和某人联系
nThe job brought me into contact with a lot of interesting people.
establish contact 建立联系
nThe police are trying to establish contact with the kidnappers.
avoid contact 避免联系
nShe doesn’t give interviews and avoids contact with the media.
nsever contact with somebody (=refuse to have any contact with someone)
After the divorce, she severed all contact with her husband.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + contact
direct contact (=spending time with someone) 直接的接触
Our volunteers work in direct contact with people who need help.
我们的志愿者直接接触需要帮助的人们。
close contact (=communicating with someone often) 密切的联系
I like to stay in close contact with my parents.
我喜欢和父母保持密切的联系。
personal contact (=seeing and speaking to someone personally) 当面接触,亲身接触
She never comes into personal contact with senior managers.
她从来没有和高管们正面接触过。
social/human contact (=spending time with other people) 社会/人际交往
nHe lived alone and had little human contact.
regular contact 经常的联系
nAll students have regular contact with their tutor.
day-to-day/daily contact 每天的接触
nI like my job because it involves day-to-day contact with clients.
face-to-face contact (=talking to someone who is with you) 当面交流
nCertain types of jobs do not need face-to-face contact.
none-to-one contact (=being with only one other person)
Children with learning difficulties may need one-to-one contact.
radio contact (=communication by radio) 无线电联络
nAir traffic control had lost radio contact with the pilot.
Examples from the Corpus
contact• We need better contact between staff and management.• business contacts• The disease cannot be spread through casualcontact.• He did not even think of checking the job adverts, as he believed that his contacts would help him more.• Consider the school principal who discovers students wearing beepers to stay in contact with their superiors in the drug trade.• May we learn to treat with respect everyone that we come into contact with.• To me the making of the relationships is the real on-line contact.• Please do not hesitate to make contact with me in the event that this letter leaves unanswered any questions you might have.• "Have you had any other contact with him?" asked the lawyer.• Turn the slidingcontact of the potentiometer to approximately mid-position.• An irregularly foldedcloth, or one with the folds bunched, reduces the contact area and thus efficiency.• If the filling-in soil is dry, watering is needed only to make this contact, and no more.
in contact• The scouts or the ground troops would find the enemy or be in contact.• Greif is clear in his belief that not all parents should be in contact with their children after divorce.• To have played with them then, and still to be in contact, is a great privilege and pleasure.• It is only by returning periodically to it that man can keep in contact with things of ultimatevalue.• They had a radiotruck with them which enabled them to keep in contact.• I look forward to keeping in contact.• Bill, Bill was real concerned because he and Owen stay in contact with each other.• Consider the school principal who discovers students wearing beepers to stay in contact with their superiors in the drug trade.
brings ... into contact with• Some teachers have a liaisonbrief that brings them into contact with other services and parents.• You could develop an interest that brings you into contact with other people, . like collectingpaintings or other objetd'art.• The book will appeal to the growing number of professionals and students whose work brings them into contact withfarming.
business/personal contacts• Within each department or agency his personal contacts were usually limited to its head and perhaps one or two others.• Despite the increased flow of electronic information, both factors and clients see an advantage in improvedpersonal contacts.• Modestwage and price pressures were reported by most business contacts.• Small companies, which rarely re-organize, thrive on personal contacts.• Information can flow freely between members, as a result of the personal contactsestablished within these groups.• Other clients were reached via business contacts or friends.• Listen to the radio carefully and choose your personal contacts accordingly.
contact2 ●●●S2W2AWL verb [transitiveT]
CONTACT somebodyto write to or telephone someone 〔写信、打电话〕联系〔某人〕
5Give the names of two people who can be contacted in an emergency.
给出两个紧急联系人的名字。
nGive the name of someone who we can contact in an emergency.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries.
你如果有任何疑问,尽管和我联系。
—contactableadjectiveadj [not before noun]
A mobile phone makes you contactable wherever you are.
手机使你不论在哪里都可以联系得到。
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In everyday English, people often say get in touch with someone rather than contact someone: 在日常英语中,人们经常说get in touch with someone,而不说contact someone
Is there a number where I can get in touch with you?
有什么电话号码可以让我联系到你吗?
nGRAMMAR: Comparison
contact
You contact someone:
Contact the sales department for details.
✗Don’t say: Contact with the sales department for details.
make contact/get in contact
You make contact with someone:
I’ve been trying to make contact with him.
✗Don’t say: make a contact with someone
You get in contact with someone:
You can get in contact with us on this number.
✗Don’t say: get in contact to someone
You can also say that two or more people make contact or get in contact:
They made contact as soon as they landed.
get in touch
You get in touch with someone:
I managed to get in touch with the owner.
You can also say that two or more people get in touch:
We got in touch and arranged to meet.
Examples from the Corpus
contact• I was given the names of three government officials to contact.• If the problem continues, try contacting a softwareexpert.• I would have to find another way to contact my grandfather.• Elsa contacted several companies to ask if they could offer her part-time work.• My advice to anyone thinking of buying the top names is to contact the auction houses for catalogues of their summersales.• Buyerscontact the company via phone.• After they received the bombthreat, school officials immediately contacted the police.• School officials immediately contacted the police.• Look at this example: Thank you for contacting us about the difficulty you had collecting your baggage at the Oakland airport.• I would expect that they would contact us and secure whatever permissions and licenses are appropriate.• The piloting team can be contacted via the Helpline number:.
contact3AWLadjectiveadj [only before noun]
1contact number/address/detailsa telephone number or address where someone can be found if necessary 联系电话/地址/方式
If you are babysitting, make sure you have a contact number for the parents.
如果你临时给人看孩子,一定要有家长的联系电话。
Examples from the Corpus
contact number/address/details• Books can be entered and modified as can contact details.• Gave the name of his solicitors in London as his contact address.• These provide the contact details and an indication of charges for more than 20 onlinebrokers.• These advertisements generally use a Box number at the publication as the contact address and may be placed by the client.• This time we have remembered to put our contact numbers below.• The video box illustration carries variousofficial body contact addresses on the back for further information on the river.• Frequently there is no contact number, so even if we like the music, we can't do much about it.
2HCcontact explosives or chemicals become active when they touch something 〔炸药或化学物质〕通过接触起作用的
1meeting/talking/writing to sb會見;談話;通信ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONTACT | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤close密切聯繫◇She is still in close contact with Sarah.她仍然同薩拉聯繫密切。➤constant, daily, frequent, regular持續不斷的/每天的/經常的/定期的聯繫▸➤direct, personal直接的/親自的接觸◇Have you had any direct contact with the director of the company?你同公司董事有過直接的接觸嗎?➤face-to-face, visual面對面的接觸▸➤email, radio, telephone電子郵件/無線電/電話聯繫➤human與人的接觸◇She was deprived of all human contact for three weeks.她曾被剝奪與所有人的聯繫達 3 個星期之久。VERB + CONTACT➤be in, have有聯繫▸➤come into, establish, get in, initiate, make開始接觸;建立聯繫;聯繫上;着手聯繫;進行聯繫◇In his job he comes into contact with many different people.他在工作中接觸到各種各樣的人。◇We first established contact with the organization in 2002.2002 年,我們首次同這個機構建立了聯繫。◇When I arrive Delhi I'll get in contact with him.我到達德里後會跟他聯繫。➤put sb in使某人建立聯繫◇I put my cousin in contact with a friend who works at the company.我讓表妹同一位在那家公司工作的朋友聯繫。➤keep, maintain保持聯繫◇Maintaining contact after many years can be difficult.許多年後還保持聯繫可能會很困難。➤keep in, remain in, stay in保持聯繫◇Let's try to stay in contact!咱們設法保持聯繫!➤break off中斷聯繫▸➤lose失去聯繫PREPOSITION➤contact between⋯之間的聯繫◇There has been no contact between them for several years.他們有幾年沒聯繫了。➤contact with與⋯的聯繫◇I have very little contact with Simon now.我和西蒙現在很少聯繫。contact
noun²
2person you know who can help you關係ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONTACTADJECTIVE➤good, useful, valuable有用的關係▸➤business, personal業務/私人關係VERB + CONTACT➤have有熟人◇He has a lot of good contacts in the music industry.他在音樂界很有人脈。➤build up, develop, make建立關係◇It takes time to develop contacts.建立關係需要時間。◇I made a lot of useful business contacts at the conference.在這次大會上我建立了不少有用的業務關係。➤provide提供關係▸➤use利用關係◇He used his contacts to get his son a publishing job.他動用自己的關係給兒子找了一份出版業的工作。contact
noun³
3when people/things touch/see each other接觸ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONTACT | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤physical, sexual身體接觸;性接觸◇The disease is transmitted through physical contact.這種疾病通過身體的接觸傳播。➤eye目光接觸◇He never makes eye contact with me.他從不與我直接對視。VERB + CONTACT➤come into接觸◇Do not let the glue come into contact with water.不要讓這種膠水碰到水。➤avoid, prevent避免/防止接觸PREPOSITION➤in contact處於接觸狀態◇For a brief moment their lips were in contact.他們的嘴唇有瞬間的接觸。➤on contact一經接觸◇The light will go out on contact with water.一碰到水,這燈就會熄滅。➤contact between⋯之間的接觸◇There should be no contact between the separate samples.分開的試樣之間不應該有任何接觸。➤contact with同⋯的接觸contact
verb
ADVERB | PHRASESADVERB➤immediately立即聯繫▸➤initially一開始接觸▸➤directly直接聯繫▸➤personally親自聯繫▸➤by email, by phone, by telephone通過電子郵件聯繫;通過電話聯繫◇He can be contacted by phone on the number given below.用下面所給的電話號碼就能與他聯繫上。PHRASES➤do not hesitate to contact sb請隨時與某人聯繫◇Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.如果有任何問題,請隨時和我聯繫。