Contest

['kɒntest] or [kən'tɛst]

解释:

(noun.) a struggle between rivals.

(noun.) an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants.

(verb.) to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; 'They contested the outcome of the race'.

手打:撒迪厄斯--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.

(v. t.) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.

(v. t.) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.

(v. i.) To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with.

(n.) Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.

(n.) Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.

弗雷迪手打

同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Dispute, controvert, argue, debate, litigate, contend against, call in question.[2]. Strive to hold, struggle to defend.

v. n. Contend, strive, struggle, vie, fight, compete, cope.

n. [1]. Dispute, altercation, debate, controversy, contestation, quarrel, difference, high words, strife of words, war of words.[2]. Struggle, battle, conflict, fight, combat, encounter, rencounter, strife in arms.

录入:撒迦利亚

同义词及反义词：

[See CONTEND]

[See CONTENTION]

格雷琴编辑

解释:

v.t. to call in question or make the subject of dispute: to strive for.—n. Con′test a struggle for superiority: strife: debate.—adj. Contest′able.—ns. Contest′ant one who contests; Contestā′tion the act of contesting: contest: strife: emulation.—p.adj. Contest′ed.—adv. Contest′ingly by contest.—Contested election an election for a member of parliament or the like where more than one competitor offer themselves.

整理:奥利维亚