contact

Compared meaning: to get in touch with someone (verb).

比较义项：联系上某人（电话、邮件等方式）（动词）。

• reach

  Implies successfully getting in touch with someone, often despite difficulty; common in negative or effortful contexts like 'hard to reach' or 'couldn't reach'.

  强调成功联系上某人，尤其是在费了一番周折或对方不易联系的情况下；常见于“hard to reach”“couldn't reach”等否定或强调费力的语境中。

  After days of trying, I finally managed to reach my old classmate.

  试了好几天之后，我终于联系上了我的老同学。

• contact 本词

  A neutral, general word for getting in touch that does not imply success or difficulty; very common in formal instructions and business language.

  语气中性，泛指与某人取得联系的动作，不强调是否成功或是否费力；在正式指示语和商务用语中非常常见。

  Please contact our office if you need to reschedule your appointment.

  如需重新安排预约时间，请联系我们的办公室。

Contact and reach both mean to get in touch with someone. Reach implies succeeding in contacting someone, often despite difficulty, as in 'hard to reach'. Contact is neutral, not implying success or difficulty, common in business language. Reach's 'to touch something' meaning is not compared.

这两个词在“联系上某人”这个意义上很接近，但语气不同：contact 语气中性，只是表示发起联系的动作，常见于正式或商务场合；reach 则强调成功联系上对方，尤其是在对方不容易联系到的情况下使用。这里不比较 reach 的“够到，伸手够到某物”这一义项。