Contend

[kən'tend] or [kən'tɛnd]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) maintain or assert; 'He contended that Communism had no future'.

(verb.) be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; 'the tribesmen fought each other'; 'Siblings are always fighting'; 'Militant groups are contending for control of the country'.

鲍里斯校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. i.) To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

(v. i.) To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.

(v. i.) To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

(v. t.) To struggle for; to contest.

手打:丽贝卡

同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. [1]. Strive, struggle, combat, fight, vie.[2]. Debate, dispute, argue, join issue.[3]. Maintain, affirm, assert.

黛娜編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Strive, compete, cope, dispute, vie, contest, struggle, grapple, argue,maintain, disagree, wrangle

ANT:Resign, concede, allow, relinquish, forego, surrender, waive

安編輯

解釋/意思:

v.i. to strive: to struggle in emulation or in opposition: to dispute or debate (with against for with about): to urge one's course.—ns. Contend′ent Contend′er one who contends.—p.adj. Contend′ing striving.—n. Conten′tion a violent straining after any object: strife: debate.—adj. Conten′tious quarrelsome.—adv. Conten′tiously.—n. Conten′tiousness.

校對:梅雷迪思