基本释义
- n.
- 比赛，竞赛; （权利）争夺，竞争
- v.
- 角逐; 对…提出异议
词性变化
- 复数:contests;
- 第三人称单数:contests;
- 过去式:contested;
- 过去分词:contested;
- 现在分词:contesting;
实用例句
a singing contest
歌咏比赛
牛津词典
a talent contest
新秀大奖赛
牛津词典
to enter/win/lose a contest
参加 / 赢得竞赛；竞赛失败
牛津词典
a contest for the leadership of the party
争夺政党的领导权
牛津词典
Three candidates contested the leadership.
有三位候选人角逐领导权。
牛津词典
a hotly/fiercely/keenly contested game (= one in which the players try very hard to win and the scores are close)
竞争十分激烈的比赛
牛津词典
to contest a will (= try to show that it was not correctly made in law)
对遗嘱提出质疑
牛津词典
The divorce was not contested.
这桩离婚案没有人提出异议。
牛津词典
Few contests in the recent history of British boxing have been as thrilling.
英国近年的拳击比赛中很少有如此激动人心的。
...a writing contest.
写作比赛
The state election due in November will be the last such ballot before next year's presidential contest...
定于11月举行的州选举将是明年总统竞选前最后一次此类投票选举。
...a clear contest between church and state.
教会与政府之间明显的争斗
He quickly won his party's nomination to contest the elections.
他很快获得了本党提名,角逐大选。
...a closely contested regional flower show.
各方争奇斗艳、难分高下的地区花卉展
Your former employer has to reply within 14 days in order to contest the case...
你的前任雇主若对本案存有异议，必须在14天内予以答复。
Gender discrimination is a hotly contested issue.
性别歧视是一个争论激烈的话题。
For a first bookable offence.
第一次故意(严重)犯规(需记载的犯规).
期刊摘选
Her misspelling of that word eliminated her from the contest.
因为她把那个单词写错了,所以不能参加比赛.
《简明英汉词典》
The other bidders for the contract complained that it had not been a fair contest.
其他竞标人抱怨说该合同的竞标不公平.
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Are you going to enter yourself for the contest?
你打算报名参加比赛 吗 ?
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The likely out come of the contest varies from moment to moment.
比赛结果可能每分钟都在变化.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
He has easily won the preliminary contest for the high jump.
他轻松地通过了跳高预赛.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
A s he was not reconciled to his defeat, he was determined to try again in the next contest.
他不甘心这次失败, 决心在下次比赛中再作努力.
《简明英汉词典》
Her withdrawal from the contest was a tactical manoeuvre.
她退出比赛是一个战术策略.
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This is man's contest with nature.
这是人与大自然的搏斗.
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We entered a fishing contest.
我们参加了钓鱼比赛.
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She had to contest against a very strong opponent for the championship.
她必须与强劲的对手手角逐冠军.
《简明英汉词典》
In a reading contest, his daughter carried away the bell.
在一次朗读比赛中, 他的女儿得胜了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
真题例句
I'm preparing for the speech contest.
出自-2012年6月听力原文Practicing for a speech contest
出自-2012年6月听力原文Winners of local contests will participate in the national math competition for free.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文But will such contests, which are overwhelmingly dominated by Asian and white students from middle-class and affluent families become any more diverse? Many social and cultural factors play roles in determining which promising students get on the path toward international math recognition.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文About 100,000 students around the country participate in the program's competition series, which culminates in a national game-show-style contest held each May.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文Companies have also taken it upon themselves to contest each other's green claims.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文The reality is that Antarctica is geopolitically contested.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文About 100,000 students around the country participate in the program's competition series, which culminates in a national game-showstyle contest held each May.
2017年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section BThe Ebro Delta, in Spain, famous as a battleground during the Spanish civil War, is now the setting for a different contest, one that is pitting rice farmers against two enemies: the rice-eating giant apple snail, and rising sea levels.
2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section CIn Arizona v.United States,the majority overturned three of the four contested provisions of Arizona's controversial plan to have state and local police enforce federal immigration law.
出自-2013年考研阅读原文If you are unfamiliar with words or idioms, you guess at their meaning, using clues presented in the contest.
出自-2015年考研阅读原文英英释义
1. an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
2. a struggle between rivals
1. to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation;
"They contested the outcome of the race"
同义词辨析
compete, contend, contest, rival
这些动词均可表示"竞争"之意。
competition, contest, match
这些名词均有"比赛，竞争"之意。
- competition： 多指体育运动中的各项比赛、角逐，也指知识、技巧等方面的竞赛。
- contest： 多指在音乐、书法、演讲等方面所进行的比赛或竞争。其结果，由评判委员会裁决。
- match： 通常指体育运动项目的比赛，隐含势均力敌意味。