1.contact的基本意思是“接触”“联系”,用于物时指相互紧密接触,用于人时指通过写信、电话、见面等方式直接联系,但身体未必接触。
2.contact可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词,用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语，可用于被动结构。

contact with(v.+prep.)
与…有交往 have a touch with (sb)
▲contact with sb
He contacted with me.他曾和我有过交往。
Have you contacted with your solicitor recently?你最近同你的律师有联系吗?
We contacted with the ship by radio.我们通过无线电与那只船取得了联系。
Until recently, this remote tribe had contacted little with the outside world.这个边远的部落直到最近和外界几乎没什么联系。

用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
We agreed to contact again as soon as possible.我们同意尽快再次联系。
If the exposed wires contact, we shall have a short circuit.如果裸露的电线相互接触,就会发生短路现象。
She thought perhaps the scout would still come to contact.她想或许侦察员还会来联系。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
I'll contact you by telephone.我将用电话和你联系。
Where can I contact you tomorrow?明天我在哪里能跟你联系?
I must contact my lawyer before I make my final decisions.在作出最后决定以前,我必须先同我的律师联系一下。
Please contact Mrs. Oda for further details.欲知详情,请与奥达太太联系。
They tried hard but still couldn't contact the headquarter.他们费了很大的劲,仍然未能与司令部取得联系。
I'm sorry not to have contacted you sooner but I've been off colour for the last few days.我很遗憾没有早点和你取得联系,不过前几天我一直身体不舒服。
Please contact me at your earliest convenience.请你尽早在你方便时与我联系。
Brake shoes contact the inside diameter of the drum.制动器的刹车片与刹车鼓的内壁相接触。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
No enemy was contacted by our patrols on all our fronts today.今天在各条战线上敌人均未与我方遭遇。
The nearest hospital should be contacted right away.立即与最近的医院取得联系。

contact, touch
参见touch条。

［同义词］ n. connection, touch
［词源］＜拉丁语contactus(互相接触)

Have the children been in contact with the disease?孩子们同这种疾病有过接触吗?
Until recently, this remote tribe had little contact with the outside world.这个边远的部落直到最近和外界几乎都没有什么联系。
In his contact with others, he never forces people to accept his point of view.在与人交往中,他从不强迫别人接受他的观点。
I've got a useful contact in the tax office.我在税务局有熟人。
The switch closes the contacts and complete the circuit.这个开关可使接触器接通电流形成回路。