学个词Learn a Word 第964期 Contention
时间：2019-02-06 作者：英语课 分类：英语单词荟萃
英语课
今天我们要学的词是contention 1。 Contention, 是争夺，竞争的意思。 "The team was knocked out of playoff contention with three weeks to go in the regular season," 正规赛季还剩下三个星期的时候，这支球队就已经没有机会进入季后赛了。 "The golfer stayed in contention up till the very end of the tournament," 这名高尔夫球选手直到比赛最后，一直都有获胜的希望。 "The candidate slipped out of contention in early stages of the campaign," 竞选开始没多久，这名候选人就没什么希望了。好的，今天我们学习的词是contention...
n.争论，争辩，论战；论点，主张
- The pay increase is the key point of contention. 加薪是争论的焦点。
- The real bone of contention,as you know,is money.你知道，争论的真正焦点是钱的问题。