The economy is not contracting as it is today.

当时厄瓜多尔的经济不像现在这样萎缩。

The sheer numbers of people now contracting the disease adds to the difficulty.

现在染上疾病的患者人数也使得应对难上加难。

40,000 people a day are contracting COVID.

每天有4万人感染COVID。

Ms. Ronan has asthma, which makes contracting Covid-19 even scarier.

令感染新冠肺炎变得更为可怕的是，罗南女士还患有哮喘。

Watmough said, " That was because they were contracting themselves out to plant other, wealthier households' crops first" .

" 那是因为他们先把自己承包了出去，先种的其他富裕家庭的庄稼。"

We breathe by contracting our diaphragms, which expands our chest cavities.

我们通过收缩横扩张胸腔吸。

Two men have died in Shanghai after contracting bird flu.

上海有两名男子感染禽流感后死亡。

By contracting the skeletal muscles around the external sphincter, urination can be stopped voluntarily.

通过尿道外括约肌附近的骨骼肌收缩，排尿过程可以受意识支配而停止。

Experts said there is no danger of contracting Ebola from the vaccine.

专家表示接种疫苗的人感染埃博拉病毒并没有危险。

A leading African-American artist, David Driskell, has died after contracting the coronavirus.

一知名非洲裔美国艺术家大卫·德里斯克尔因感染新冠肺炎去世。

They move through seawater by contracting, or reducing the size of, their muscles.

它们通过收缩肌肉或缩小体积在海水中移动。

Bob Goodman controls his bionic arm by contracting his biceps and triceps muscles.

鲍勃·古德曼控制他的仿生手臂收缩他的二头肌和三头肌肌肉。

And Grammy-winning singer-songwriter John Prine died last night in Nashville, after contracting the coronavirus.

格莱美奖获得主，唱作人约翰·普林昨晚在纳什维尔去世，他感染了新冠病毒。

More than 100 people have died after contracting the disease over the past 2 years.

过去两年，感染该疾病的患者中有100余人死亡。

The Nigerian President's Chief of Staff Abba Kyari, has died after contracting the coronavirus.

尼日利亚总统办公厅主任阿巴·基亚里感染冠状病毒后死亡。

So these are expanding and contracting, and they're punching and sending shockwaves very locally.

这些气泡膨大着收缩着，它们猛击癌细胞，并在非常小的范围内发送冲击波。

By contracting their body, the water inside is forced out and the jellyfish moves forward.

通过收缩身体，体内的水份被挤出，水母便向前运动。

Notice that I'm contracting and linking 'what's the', 'what is the' into 'what's the'.

注意我在读‘what's the’的时候是连读的，把‘what is the’连读成了‘what's the’。

People who provide care to infected individuals are at highest risk of contracting the virus.

为感染者提供护理的人员感染这种病毒的风险最高。

The risk of contracting the coronavirus is also in the back of Austin's mind.

奥斯汀也担心有感染冠状病毒的风险。