contending

英 [kənˈtendɪŋ]

美 [kənˈtendɪŋ]

v.  (尤指在争论中)声称，主张，认为; 竞争; 争夺
contend的现在分词

现在分词：contending　复数：contendings　

计算机

BNC.22791 / COCA.16234

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

• They had now attained colossal statures, and it seemed to him that he beheld within himself, in that infinity of which we were recently speaking, in the midst of the darkness and the lights, a goddess and a giant contending.
  现在它们有了巨大的身材；他仿佛看见在他自己心里，在我们先前提到的那种广漠辽阔的天地里，在黑暗和微光中，有一个女神和一个女魔，正在酣战。
• The many brothers had a life-and-death fight in contending for the place of chieftain.
  他们兄弟几个为争狼主之位斗得你死我活。
• An ant and a fly were contending with great warmth which was of the greater importance.
  蚂蚁和苍蝇正在激烈争辩他们谁更重要。
• Beginning open "flower" not much, is not large, had preyed contending size;
  初开的“花”并不多，也不大，有含苞的腊梅大小；
• The two nations have been contending about the rights to deep-sea fishing in their waters.
  这两个国家一直为他们在水域中的深水捕鱼权问题争吵不休。
• The Taliban claim responsibility for the execution-style street shooting, contending she was trying to spread Christianity.
  塔利班声称对以处决的方式杀害威廉斯承担责任，因为威廉斯在试图传播基督教。
• He's contending against someone with twice his experience.
  他在和经验比他丰富一倍的人竞争。
• Any move away from the peg would have significant implications when insurers are already contending with low yields.
  在保险公司已在疲于应对低收益率之际，任何偏离盯住美元的联系汇率制度的举措都将产生重大影响。
• Sihanouk might emerge in an important, perhaps decisive, role as a link between contending forces and as their balancer.
  西哈努克就有可能作为两个对立势力之间的联结人和平衡者发挥重要的，也许是决定性的作用。
• New Trends of Contending Over the Caspian Sea Oil Exploitation and the Attitude China should Take
  里海石油之争的新动向及我国应持的态度