音标:['kɒntest] ; 柯林斯词典等级:3 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 竞赛, 争论
vt. 竞争, 争取, 争辩
vi. 竞争
n. an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
n. a struggle between rivals
v. to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
词型变化:名词复数形式 : contests ; 过去分词 : contested ; 现在分词 : contesting ; 过去式 : contested ; 第三人称单数 : contests
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词性分布:
名词83%
动词17%

contest的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. She won a gold medal for her fine performance in the contest.她在竞赛中成绩优异获金牌。
  2. This football match is an unequal contest.这场足球赛是一场实力悬殊的比赛。
  3. Janet said she is thinking about attending a KTV contest.珍妮说她正考虑参加一个KTV歌唱比赛。
用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. I intend to contest the judge's decision in another court.我准备下次开庭时反驳法官的判决。
  2. We would hotly contest this idea.我们猛烈地批驳这一观点。
  3. The soldiers contested every inch of ground.士兵们为争夺每一寸土地而斗争。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. How many people are contesting this seat on the city council?有多少人在竞争市议会的这个席位?
  2. They contested every point.他们逐点进行争论。
  3. He's contesting the election next week.他在争取下周当选。
  4. I intend to contest the judge's decision in another court.我打算在另一个法庭上反驳法官的裁决。
  5. The soldiers contested every inch of land.士兵们寸土必争。
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  7. The prize was hotly contested.对奖品的竞争很激烈。
  8. The referee's decision was contested by the loser.负方对裁判的裁决有异议。
用作名词(n.)
  1. We entered a fishing contest.我们参加了钓鱼比赛。
  2. She took the first place in the beauty contest.她在选美比赛中得了第一名。
  3. He won the contest for the deputy leadership.他在副职竞争中获胜。
  4. This is man's contest with nature.这是人与大自然的搏斗。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
contest against (v.+prep.)
    与…竞争 compete against (others)contest against sb/sth

    They contested against unreasonable regulations.

    他们反对不合理的规定。

    She had to contest against a very strong opponent for the championship.

    她必须与强手角逐争夺冠军。

contest for (v.+prep.)
    为获得…而竞争 try to win (sth such as a prize or trade) in competition with (sb or sth)contest for sth

    They contested for the position of minister of foreign affairs.

    他们在竞争外交部长的职位。

    The two teams were contesting for the cup.

    两队在争夺奖杯。

    The crow contested one another for nesting territory.

    乌鸦互相争夺筑巢之地。

contest with (v.+prep.)
    与…作斗争 fight against (sb or sth)contest with sb/sth

    He was reluctant to contest with Mag.

    他不愿与玛格竞争。

    The two boys with each other to see who was better.

    两个孩子较量比个高低。

    I had to contest with deep-rooted prejudice.

    我得和根深蒂固的偏见作斗争。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • contest sb's claim on the property驳倒某人对财产的要求
  • contest an election争取选举获胜
  • contest every inch of land寸土必争
  • contest an issue争论问题
  • contest a match比赛竞争
  • contest a passage争夺道路
  • contest the prize争夺奖品
  • contest a seat争夺席位
  • contest a statement驳斥某一说法
  • contest a will对遗嘱提出异议
~+副词
  • contest bitterly辛苦地斗争
  • contest ceaselessly无休止地斗争
  • contest diplomatically外交斗争
  • contest dramatically戏剧性地斗争
  • contest hotly激烈地争夺
  • contest successfully成功地驳倒
  • contest violently残暴地竞争
~+介词
  • contest against the best runners与最优秀的赛跑选手竞争
  • contest against a person与某人争论,与某人竞争
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • begin a contest开始比赛
  • end a contest结束比赛
  • enter contest参加比赛
  • hold〔run, stage〕 the contest举行比赛
  • inaugurate a contest发起一场竞赛
  • organize a contest组织一场竞赛
  • watch a contest观看比赛
  • win a contest赢得比赛
形容词+~
  • bitter contest激烈的竞争
  • decisive contest决赛
  • musical contest音乐比赛
  • violent contest粗暴的争夺
名词+~
  • beauty contest选美比赛
  • composition prize contest作文评奖比赛
  • poetry〔recitation〕 contest诗歌比赛
  • speechcontest演讲比赛
  • essay contest论文比赛
介词+~
  • in the contest在争论中
~+介词
  • contest against an opponent与对手的竞争
  • contest among〔between〕…之间的竞赛
  • contest at boxing拳击比赛
  • contest for争夺…的比赛
  • contest upon the question of对…问题的争论

经典引文

  • He was, without Contest, As grand a Rebel as the best.

    出自:Edward Ward
  • For Forms of Government let Fools contest.

    出自:Pope
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