contended

英 [kənˈtendɪd]

美 [kənˈtendɪd]

v.  (尤指在争论中)声称，主张，认为; 竞争; 争夺
contend的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 处理;对付;解决
  If you have tocontend witha problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
  1. It is time, once again, to contend with racism...
     又一次到了与种族主义战斗的时刻了。
  2. American businesses could soon have a new kind of lawsuit to contend with.
     美国公司可能很快就要有一种新型的官司去应付了。
• VERB 声称;争辩;主张
  If youcontend thatsomething is true, you state or argue that it is true.
  1. The government contends that he is fundamentalist...
     政府认定他是原教旨主义者。
  2. 'You were just looking,' contends Samantha. 'I was the one doing all the work.'
     “你不过是看看而已。”萨曼莎争辩道，“什么活儿都是我来干。”
• V-RECIP 竞争;争夺
  If youcontend withsomeoneforsomething such as power, you compete with them to try to get it.
  1. ...the two main groups contending for power.
     两大集团争权夺利
  2. ...with 10 UK construction yards contending with rivals from Norway, Holland, Italy and Spain.
     10家英国建造厂与来自挪威、荷兰、意大利和西班牙的对手展开竞争
  3. ...a binding political settlement between the contending parties.
     角力各派间一项具有约束力的政治协议

双语例句

• He contended that his client could not have known the firm was exporting military equipment.
  他宣称其客户不可能知道工厂正在出口军用设施。
• I will treasure the present and be a contended girl.
  我要好好珍惜现在，当下。做一个知足的人！
• He contended against his own fate.
  他同自己的命运作斗争。
• Tsvangirai has repeatedly been detained by police and contended with warnings of a state-sponsored assassination plot.
  茨万吉拉伊已多次被警方拘留，并多次受到津巴布韦政府指使的暗杀警告。
• The lawyer contended that her client had never been near the scene of the crime.
  律师声称她的委托人从未走近过犯罪现场。
• Each square was a volcano attacked by a cloud; lava contended with lightning.
  每一个方阵都是一座受着乌云侵袭的火山，熔岩在和雷霆交战。
• Contended synchronizations are slow because they involve multiple thread switches and system calls.
  争用同步之所以慢，是因为它涉及多个线程切换和系统调用。
• Mitchell said no one should expect an easy road ahead, but he contended important progress was being made.
  米切尔说任何人都不应期望一条前方平坦的道路，但他坚决主张正取得重要进展。
• S.lawmakers have long contended that China's tightly controlled exchange rate gives unfair support to its exporters.
  很多美国议员长期认为，中国严格管制的汇率对其出口企业构成了不公平的支持。
• The police contended that the difficulty they faced was too severe.
  警察强调说他们面临的困难太严重了。