He contracted the disease last year in Monrovia.

去年，他在蒙罗维亚感染了埃博拉。

German companies contracted some 9,000 investment projects in China last year, which was worth about US$28 billion.

去年，德国企业在中国签订了约9000个投资项目合同，价值约为280亿美元。

The global economy is expected to contract more than 5% this year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

据国际货币基金组织(IMF)透露，今年的全球经济预计会收缩5%以上。

The BBC has learned that Prince William second in line to the British throne contracted covert 19 earlier this year.

BBC了解到 英国王位第二继承人威廉王子今年早些时候感染了新冠肺炎。

According to imf forecasts, Germany will be the only g7 economy to contract this year.

根据国际货币基金组织的预测，德国将是今年七国集团中唯一出现萎缩的经济体。

The IMF said Iran's GDP would contract by 6% this year, caused in large part by American sanctions on Iranian oil exports.

国际货币基金组织表示，由于美国对伊朗石油出口的制裁，伊朗今年的GDP将下降6%。

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has projected that the Ukrainian economy will contract by 30 percent this year due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

欧洲复兴开发银行预测，受俄乌冲突影响，乌克兰经济今年将萎缩 30%。

The economy contracted by 11% last year and even more this year. Power is very unreliable. People have to stand in line for hours for basic food.

去年古巴经济收缩了11%，今年更是如此。电力很不可靠。人们为了获得基本食物不得不排几个小时的队。

I was just going to say congratulations to Michael Pittman because he is in a contract year and he will be patent those statistics when he gets to go to the negotiation table.

我只想向迈克尔·皮特曼表示祝贺，因为他正处于合同年，当他走上谈判桌时，他将获得这些统计数据的专利。