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contracted

/kənˈtræktɪd/· verb

健康B2

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Chinese meaning

感染（疾病）

患huàn上shàng、感gǎn染rǎn（疾jí病bìng）

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在zài刚gāng果guǒ民mín主zhǔ共gòng和hé国guó感gǎn染rǎn了le埃āi博bó拉lā病bìng毒dú

Example

A US national who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has arrived in Germany for treatment

一名在刚果民主共和国感染埃博拉病毒的美国公民已抵达德国接受治疗。

Source: The Guardian · 14 Jul 2026

Background ✎

又yòu一yī名míng美měi国guó公gōng民mín感gǎn染rǎn埃āi博bó拉lā病bìng毒dú后hòu飞fēi往wǎng德dé国guó治zhì疗liáo,此cǐ前qián特tè朗lǎng普pǔ政zhèng府fǔ已yǐ禁jìn止zhǐ相xiāng关guān地dì区qū赴fù美měi商shāng业yè航háng班bān。

Roots · etymology

源自拉丁 contrahere,con-（一起）+ trahere（拉）

  • con-（共同）+ tract（拉,牵引）+ -ed（过去式）

Collocations

  • contract a disease / contract Ebola / contract an illness

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