新视野大学英语读写教程词汇 第四册 Unit 9a

|@★ |1contend |vt. |argue or state that sth. is true |声称；认为 || ||The man contend that it was not his fault. |那人认为这不是他的过错。 || ||I would contend that the minister's thinking is flawed on this point. |我倒认为部长

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