Contracting

例句/造句/用法:

• There are two ways of contracting a chimney; one by contracting the opening _before_ the fire, the other by contracting the funnel _above_ the fire. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
• She appears to regard their number and value as evidence of the disinterested affection of the contracting parties. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
• A vulcanite or other strip is easily affected by differences of temperature, expanding and contracting by reason of the minutest changes. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
• A sinking fund, though instituted for the payment of old, facilitates very much the contracting of new debts. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
• The want of parsimony, in time of peace, imposes the necessity of contracting debt in time of war. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.

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