英语释义

• (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)

• a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds;

  "`won't' is a contraction of `will not'"

  "`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'"

• the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together;

  "the contraction of a gas on cooling"

• the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

片语

end contraction侧方收缩；尾端收缩

contraction crack[机] 缩裂；收缩裂缝

lorentz contraction[相对][数] 洛伦兹收缩

length contraction[物] 长度收缩

contraction joint收缩接缝；收缩节理

solidification contraction凝固收缩

contraction ratio[航] 收缩比；收缩系数

economic contraction[经] 经济萎缩

contraction stress收缩应力

volume contraction[物] 体积收缩；[物] 容积收缩；音量压缩

contraction distortion收缩变形

muscle contraction肌肉收缩；肌收缩

isobaric contraction等压性收缩

double contraction双重收缩

thermal contraction热收缩

uterine contraction子宫收缩

英汉例句

• figures released last week confirmed that the last half of 2008 saw the most savage contraction in demand for motor vehicles since the second world war.

  自二次世界大战以来，2008年后半年见证了最为惨重的机动车辆需求紧缩。上周公布的数据证实了这一点。

• on top of cooked flavors, the expansion and contraction of the liquid inside the bottle might push the cork out or cause seepage.

  葡萄酒体积在瓶内的膨胀或收缩，除了会使葡萄酒的口味过熟外，还可能把软木塞挤出，造成空气渗入。

• i don’t want to minimize those problems; some countries, such as ireland, are being forced into fiscal contraction even in the face of severe recession.

  我不想尽量低估这些问题，有些国家，如爱尔兰，即使在面临严重的经济衰退时也被迫实行财政紧缩。

• however, policymakers have limited leeway to help, because the core of the problem is a contraction of external demand.

  然而，由于核心问题是国外需求的收缩，决策者们能够提供帮助的余地很有限。

• there are also signs that the rate of contraction in the global economy has slowed in recent months, while conditions in global financial markets have also improved.

  与此同时，也有证据显示在此次全球经济的萎缩率也在近几个月逐渐下降，而全球金融市场的情况也得到了改善。

• this would be the first global contraction since since 1982.

  这将是1982年以来第一次全球性萎缩。

• it can be done – by creating money to offset the contraction of credit, recapitalising the banking system and writing off or down the accumulated debt in an orderly manner.

  通过有序地创造货币抵消信贷紧缩、向银行系统注资，以及注销或减记累积债务，我们可以做到这一点。

• cleland likened its expansion and contraction to the inflation and deflation of a balloon.

  克莱兰德将其放大和收缩比喻为气球的膨胀和缩小。

• astronomers believe that new stars may be forming inside bok globules, through the contraction of the dust and molecular gas under their own gravity.

  天文学家相信博克球状体内的尘埃和分子云气会在自身引力作用下收缩，然后形成新的恒星。

• but amid growing talk that the first budding signs of recovery are emerging, a reduction in the year-on-year rate of economic contraction can be considered a sign of progress.

  不过在越来越多的谈到首次经济开始复苏的迹象正在显现时，与去年同期相比经济收缩的速度降低可以被视为一个回暖的迹象。

• a byproduct will be the massive contraction of their deficits, probably by more than half, through import reductions.

  其副产品是美国将削减进口以大规模收缩其赤字，可能达到一半以上。

• using this method, the imf reckons that on average a rich country attempted a fiscal contraction of more than 1.5% of gdp about once a decade.

  通过运用这种方法，imf认为，平均来说，一个发达国家大约每十年尝试一次数额占gdp的1.5%以上的财政紧缩。

• declining incomes in the north will mean slower growth of trade with the south – and indeed initial reports from some countries indicate that trade contraction is looming.

  北半球收入下降将意味着与南半球之间的贸易增长速度减缓。一些国家的初步报告确实表明，贸易紧缩迫在眉睫。

• most analysts feel, though, that the contraction in the old master market in 2009 was smaller than expected, particularly when compared to what happened in the contemporary sector.

  然而大部分分析师认为，2009年早期绘画市场的萎缩不如预料的那么大，与当代绘画市场的情况相比更是如此。

• that must depend on when and how the great contraction ends.

  这必然取决于本次经济大收缩何时、以及如何结束。

• in contrast, outside of a few areas such as drilling and mining, business investment in structures has continued to contract, although the rate of contraction appears to be slowing.

  比较而言，除了少数行业如开采和采掘业固定投资有增长之外，企业在房屋方面的投资还在收缩，只是收缩速度开始放缓了。

相似词

synaeresis脱水收缩；元音省略

syncope[内科] 晕厥；字中音省略，中略

restriction限制；约束；束缚

limitation限制；限度；极限；追诉时效；有效期限；缺陷

withdrawal撤退，收回；提款；取消；退股

control控制；管理；抑制

shortage缺乏，缺少；不足

summarization[图情] 摘要；概要

abbreviation缩写；缩写词

brief简短的，简洁的；短暂的，草率的

synopsis概要，大纲

digest文摘；摘要

abstraction抽象；提取；抽象概念；空想；心不在焉

compendium纲要；概略

abridgment删节；删节本；[图情] 文摘；缩短；限制

precis概括…的大意；为…写摘要

cut缩减的；割下的；雕过的

pinching掐；打尖

constriction收缩；压缩；紧窄感；压缩物

retrenchment节省；删除

astringency收敛性；严酷，严峻

condensing冷凝；压缩（condense的ing形式）

digesting消化；吸收；接受，领会（digest的ing形式）

diminishing逐渐缩小的；衰减的

decrease减少，减小；减少量；减少过程

condensation冷凝；凝结；压缩；缩合聚合

withering枯萎；凋谢

shrinkage收缩；减低

cramping图象压缩，夹压

clipping夹住；剪短；修剪；痛打；诈骗（非正式）；抢劫；疾速移向（非正式）（clip的现在分词）

tightening（身体的）绷紧，僵直；（规则、法律等的）加强

shortening（使）缩短，变短，缩写；缩帆；（赌博赔率）缩小；使（元音、音节）发短音（shorten 的现在分词）

squeezing挤压，紧握，捏；榨出，挤出；（使）挤入，塞进；勒索；严格限制；向……施加压力（squeeze 的现在分词）

reduction减少；下降；缩小；还原反应

recession衰退；不景气；后退；凹处

narrowing变窄（narrow的ing形式）

constringency收敛；收缩；收敛性

decreasing减少；缩减（decrease 的现在分词）

compression压缩，浓缩；压榨，压迫

curtailment缩减；削减；缩短；紧缩

tension使紧张；使拉紧

tenseness紧张；绷紧

contracture[医] 挛缩

相反词

expansion膨胀；阐述；扩张物