v. 收缩；订契约（contract 的过去式和过去分词）
adj. 收缩的
1.Hayley contracted tuberculosis and had to be put in an isolation ward.
海利感染了肺结核而不得不被送进一个隔离病房。
2.When the bank contracted out its cleaning, the new company was cheaper.
银行把清洁工作承包出去之后，才发现新的清洁公司报价更便宜。
3.The manufacturing economy contracted in October for the sixth consecutive month.
制造业经济到10月份已连续萎缩6个月了。
4.My son's contracted a severe fever.
我的儿子发高烧。
5.Venture-capital finance has also contracted sharply.
风险资本也在剧烈地收缩。
6.He contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion.
他因一次输血感染了艾滋病。
7.He contracted Spanish flu, which almost killed him.
他传染上了西班牙型流感，那几乎要了他的命。
8.He has contracted for the building of the house at 20,000 dollars.
他已经以两万美元承包建造这座房子。