单词contraction
n.: 收缩；挛缩；缩小；（尤指分娩时的）子宫收缩
网络: 缩写；缩短；紧缩
收缩；缩小:
the process of becoming smaller
（肌肉的）收缩，挛缩；（尤指分娩时的）子宫收缩:
a sudden and painful contracting of muscles, especially of the muscles around a woman"s womb , that happens when she is giving birth to a child
词的缩约形式:
a short form of a word
【语法】缩略;略体,缩写
缩短,收缩;【医学】挛缩
得病;习染;招致;(负债等的)陷入
收敛段
缩窄段
缩短率
(开支等)缩减;收敛,狭窄;缩度
〔数〕缩并,压缩算子
压缩过程;缩短;消减
收缩;收缩量;收缩作用
复数：contractions
n.reductionshrinkagetighteningretrenchmentshriveling
n.expansion
"How much of a contraction in demand will we have because if people want to have something they"ll have to save money before they buy? "
如果因为人们需要攒钱才能购买他们想要的东西，我们的需求将面临多大的萎缩呢？
This contraction compressed the surface and thrust some sections of crust over others, creating long curving cliffs like the one shown here.
收缩挤压着表层使得部分地壳压在其余部分形成了这样长长而弯曲的悬崖。
This showed a contraction in the bank"s purchasing managers" index, with it falling below 50 to its lowest level in a year.
这说明，HSBC银行的采购经理指数出现收缩，降至50以下，达到一年中的最低点。
As for the beef supply, she adds that "cattle herds are in contraction worldwide and with feed prices like this, don"t expect expansion" .
至于牛肉供应，她补充表示：“世界各地的生牛存栏数量都在减少，像这样的饲料价格，就别指望数量会增加了。”
As the body is trying to generate it"s own heat you will develop uncontrolled muscle contraction.
当身体努力产生热量时，你会感到一种无法控制的肌肉收缩。
But, ISI also notes, every dollar of stimulus extended now will add a dollar to the extent of the fiscal contraction felt a year later.
但同时ISI指出，未来一年对美元的刺激加深将会增加财政紧缩的程度。
The conveyer device is structurally characterized by also comprising a contraction and expansion pipe mixer and an air compressor air duct.
其结构特点是，它还包括缩扩管混合器和空压机输气管。
The second figure represents the pressure of the heart as it expands and fills with blood, while waiting for the next contraction.
第二个数字代表了心脏的压力，因为它的扩展和血液填充，而等待下一次收缩。
A gentle contraction from here, as policymakers seem to be indicating, would take years to bring M2 down to its long-run average.
若从这一水平温和收缩（这是政策制定者似乎在暗示的），那将需要多年时间才能使M2降至长期平均水平。
And this picture is often treated as evidence that trade contraction was somehow driving the slump.
这张图经常被视作贸易萎缩导致经济跳水的证据。