英汉词典

contest 基本解释

• vt. 争辩；提出质疑
• vi. 竞争；争辩
• n. 竞赛；争夺；争论

contest 词态变化

contest 中文词源

con-, 强调。-test, 见证，词源同attest, detest。字面意思即找人来作证的。

contest 英文词源

contest

contest: [16] The idea underlying contest, unlikely as it may seem, is of ‘bearing witness’. It goes back to Latin contestārī, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and testārī ‘bear witness’, which in turn was derived from testis ‘witness’ (whence English testament, testicle, and testimony). This verb signified the bringing of a lawsuit by ‘calling witnesses together’ from both sides.

Hence was introduced the adversarial or competitive notion that passed into English, probably via Old French contester (although in the 16th and 17th centuries traces of the original Latin sense ‘bear joint witness, attest’ survived in English, presumably as a scholarly reintroduction).
=> testament, testicle, testimony

contest (v.)

c. 1600, from French contester "dispute, oppose," from Middle French, from Latin contestari (litem) "to call to witness, bring action," from com- "together" (see com-) + testari "to bear witness," from testis "a witness," (see testament). Calling witnesses as the first step in a legal combat. Related: Contestable; contested; contesting.

contest (n.)

1640s, from contest (v.).

contest 词组搭配

contest 英文释义

1. an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

2. a struggle between rivals

contest 同义词解析

compete, contend, contest, rival

这些动词均可表示"竞争"之意。

compete： 普通用词，含义广泛。既可指体育活动等活动中争取优胜的相互竞争，也可指为了自己的利益与他人竞争。

contend： 指为战胜或击败对手进行不懈努力，强调拼搏。也可指口头上进行有对立情绪或严重分歧的争论。

contest： 指为争夺土地、阵地、权力或荣誉等而展开的竞争。

rival： 指在两方或多方的竞争或比赛中，谁都想战胜或比得上对手。

competition, contest, match

这些名词均有"比赛，竞争"之意。

competition： 多指体育运动中的各项比赛、角逐，也指知识、技巧等方面的竞赛。

contest： 多指在音乐、书法、演讲等方面所进行的比赛或竞争。其结果，由评判委员会裁决。

match： 通常指体育运动项目的比赛，隐含势均力敌意味。

contest 双语例句

1. The latest opinion polls are predicting a very close contest.

最近的民意测验预测竞争将会非常激烈。

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2. This has stripped the contest down to its essentials.

这就使比赛精简到最基本的环节。

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3. The contest was as much about personalities as it was about politics.

竞赛比手段策略，也比个性。

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4. Gerald was no longer the odds-on favourite to win the contest.

杰拉尔德不再是有望赢得比赛的热门人选。

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5. It is still a close contest between two leading opposition parties.

这仍然是两大主要反对党之间一场势均力敌的较量。

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contest 实用场景例句

a singing contest

歌咏比赛

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a talent contest

新秀大奖赛

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to enter/win/lose a contest

参加 / 赢得竞赛；竞赛失败

牛津词典

a contest for the leadership of the party

争夺政党的领导权

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Three candidates contested the leadership.

有三位候选人角逐领导权。

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a hotly/fiercely/keenly contested game (= one in which the players try very hard to win and the scores are close)

竞争十分激烈的比赛

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to contest a will (= try to show that it was not correctly made in law)

对遗嘱提出质疑

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The divorce was not contested.

这桩离婚案没有人提出异议。

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Few contests in the recent history of British boxing have been as thrilling.

英国近年的拳击比赛中很少有如此激动人心的。

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...a writing contest.

写作比赛

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The state election due in November will be the last such ballot before next year's presidential contest...

定于11月举行的州选举将是明年总统竞选前最后一次此类投票选举。

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...a clear contest between church and state.

教会与政府之间明显的争斗

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He quickly won his party's nomination to contest the elections.

他很快获得了本党提名,角逐大选。

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...a closely contested regional flower show.

各方争奇斗艳、难分高下的地区花卉展

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Your former employer has to reply within 14 days in order to contest the case...

你的前任雇主若对本案存有异议，必须在14天内予以答复。

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Gender discrimination is a hotly contested issue.

性别歧视是一个争论激烈的话题。

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For a first bookable offence.

第一次故意(严重)犯规(需记载的犯规).

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Her misspelling of that word eliminated her from the contest.

因为她把那个单词写错了,所以不能参加比赛.

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The other bidders for the contract complained that it had not been a fair contest.

其他竞标人抱怨说该合同的竞标不公平.

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Are you going to enter yourself for the contest?

你打算报名参加比赛 吗 ?

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The likely out come of the contest varies from moment to moment.

比赛结果可能每分钟都在变化.

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He has easily won the preliminary contest for the high jump.

他轻松地通过了跳高预赛.

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A s he was not reconciled to his defeat, he was determined to try again in the next contest.

他不甘心这次失败, 决心在下次比赛中再作努力.

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Her withdrawal from the contest was a tactical manoeuvre.

她退出比赛是一个战术策略.

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This is man's contest with nature.

这是人与大自然的搏斗.

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We entered a fishing contest.

我们参加了钓鱼比赛.

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

她必须与强劲的对手手角逐冠军.

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In a reading contest, his daughter carried away the bell.

在一次朗读比赛中, 他的女儿得胜了.

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