contact with

In so far as any inquiry is a secret one, it naturally limits all those engaged in carrying it out from effective contact with their fellow scientists either in other countries or in universities, or even, often enough, in other departments of the same firm. The degree of secrecy naturally varies considerably
请问contact with在这里做什么成分？

contact with这里不是一个词组,contact这里是名词,with their fellow scientists作contact的后置定语,with这里是介词.

be in contact with[英][bi: in ˈkɔntækt wið][美][bi ɪn ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪð] 和…接触，有联系[脱离接触，失去联系]; 交往;