The latest victim on Palm Island of the H1N1 virus is a pregnant woman, who lost her unborn child after contracting the disease.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24

It's contracting so the Fed is trying to prevent a serious recession by cutting interest rates; they've been cutting them rapidly.

它在减小,所以美联储正在试图阻止一个因为利率缩减,而产生的严重的经济衰退；,但是他们最近一直在降低利率。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

So there's nothing inherently sinful about contracting ritual impurity.

因此没有东西是生来就因为仪式的不洁而有罪的。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

"Already it (world output) has been contracting at the fastest rate since World War II.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

We're going to come back and talk about the action potential a little bit more when we talk about how the heart works, because the heart when its contracting, the muscle cells also use action potentials to initiate contraction.

我们讲心脏工作原理时,会回头再多讨论一点动作电位,因为心脏收缩时,肌肉细胞也利用动作电位来启动收缩

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

It says the monsoon season will soon begin and children, many of whom are malnourished, are at great risk of contracting water borne and other diseases.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

"We were contracting by six percent. We are now growing by six percent.

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

First the good news: after contracting slightly in 2009, global economic output is expected to grow more than 4 percent this year, according to the International Monetary Fund.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

Speaking in London she told VOA that women around the world need to know that everyone is at risk of contracting HIV, even women with only one sexual partner.

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

Since its inception in 1990, TV Marti has been the subject of controversy over cost, contracting,internal management and journalistic issues, and the inability of the Miami-based station to reach enough of the population in Cuba to justify the $500 million spent on the operation so far.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18