contraction
contraction 英 [kənˈtrækʃn] 美 [kənˈtrækʃən]
n. 收缩，紧缩；缩写式；害病
名词复数:contractions
- A contraction is the act of decreasing the size of something or shortening it, or it can be the process of becoming smaller or compressed.
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- n. 收缩，紧缩；缩写式；害病
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1. We have massive contraction of credit formation.
我们对信用形成大规模收缩。
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2. 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。
- contraction (n.) early 15c., contraccioun, "action of making a contract" (especially of marriage), a sense now obsolete; also "action of reducing, abridging, or shortening," from Old French contraction (13c.) or directly from Latin contractionem (nominative contractio) "a drawing together, an abridging, shortening, a shortening in pronunciation," noun of action from past-participle stem of contrahere "to draw several objects together; draw in, shorten, lessen, abridge," metaphorically "make a bargain, make an agreement," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + trahere "to draw" (see tract (n.1)). Related: Contractional.
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