Contention
[kən'tenʃ(ə)n] or [kən'tɛnʃən]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife.
(n.) Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention.
(n.) Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal.
(n.) A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for.
編輯:诺拉
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Strife, discord, dissension, wrangling, wrangle, quarrel, squabble, feud, rupture, falling out.[2]. Dispute, debate, bickering, altercation, controversy, logomachy, high words, war of words, strife of words.
編輯:维尔玛
同義詞及反義詞：
[See STRIFE]
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例句/造句/用法:
- I think, said Adeimantus, that in the spirit of contention which characterises him, he is not unlike our friend Glaucon. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- As that hope failed, instinctive love of life animated me, and feelings of contention, as if a hostile will combated with mine. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- She felt how unprofitable contention would be. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Other similar suits followed, and in each one the decision justified Morse’s contention. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- This contention is unworthy of both of us; and I confess that I am weary of replying to charges at once unfounded and unkind. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The fact enforced the contention that she had made a fatal mistake in not returning to Count Olenski. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- The court upheld this contention, and declared the patent invalid. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Poor Mary little thought it would be such a bone of contention when she gave it me to keep, only two hours before she died. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- He sat beside her; and, taking the paper from her hand, said, Not a word more shall my sweet Perdita read of this contention of madmen and fools. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Their frequent bone of contention was the war. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- To prove his contention he set out for Arbois with a large numbe r of glass bulbs each half filled with a putrescible liquid. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- So suddenly and smartly did he do this, that we all stopped in our foolish contention. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- We will lose no time in contention with this unfeeling wretch, said I, but I will go with you to the workhouse, and nurse you. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The reader will remark that these five points practically resume the main contentions of the previous part of the work. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
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