1、bulldoze

（用推土机）铲平，推倒

She defeated developers who wanted to bulldoze her home to build a supermarket.

她打败了那些想推倒她家房屋兴建超市的开发商们。

（用推土机）推平，清除

Last week, the department's road builders began to bulldoze a water meadow on Twyford Down.

上个星期，这个部门的筑路机开始将特怀福德丘陵地带的浸水草甸推平。

强行通过（计划等）；强迫（某人做某事）

The party in power planned to bulldoze through a full socialist programme.

执政党打算强制推行一个全面的社会主义方案。

The coalition bulldozed the resolution through the plenary session.

政党联盟强行使该项决议在全体会议上通过。

2、contract

合同;契约

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。

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。

签合同，订立契约(做某事)

You can contract with us to deliver your cargo.

你可以跟我们签订送货合同。

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。

(使)收缩;(使)缩小;(使)缩短

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。

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。