Contract的常见含义有“合同；签订合同；收缩”等。

Contract一词还可表示：

1、感染，患（病）；

Contract Aids感染艾滋

Contract a virus/a disease 感染艾病毒╱疾病

2、（经济、市场等）萎缩

Contracting market 萎缩的市场

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。

参考双语例句：

This convergence happens in the context of overall contraction of global emissions, with a global emission budget set to achieve a particular atmospheric concentration of GHGs.

这一趋同是在全球排放总量紧缩情况下发生的, 设定全球排放预算达到一个特定的大气温室气体浓度。

Victims' groups estimate nearly half of the nation's 1. 3 million hepatitis B patients and carriers had contracted the virus this way.

受害者组织估计，日本130万乙肝患者和乙肝病毒携带者中有近一半是因此感染上乙肝的。

To ensure that the Travel and Transportation Section properly performs its contract management role by monitoring the performance of air travel vendors and their full compliance with contract provisions, including the provision of all information requested by United Nations management entities and oversight bodies.

确保旅行和运输科妥善发挥其管理合同的作用，监测航空旅行供应商的表现及是否充分遵守合同，包括提供联合国管理实体和监督机构索要的所有资料。