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

• 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。
• The space war game was the latest action of the United States ′ contending for space hegemony.
  太空军事演习是美国争霸太空的最新动向，分析了太空战的发展对未来作战产生的影响；
• The reason is that China is a semi-colonial country for which many imperialist powers are contending.
  这是半殖民地的环境，即许多帝国主义争夺中国的环境所造成的。
• He reinterprets American history in the context of the accessibility of information, contending that the recent spread of the Internet has produced the fourth in a series of "information revolutions" in the United states.
  他在信息可及性的背景下重新解释了美国历史，认为近年来互联网的普及引发了美国的第四次“信息革命”。
• Her eyes showed that she was contending with a problem.
  她的眼睛显示出她心里正有一个为难的问题。
• Our football team is contending with one from the next town for the championship.
  我们的足球队正与邻镇的足球队争夺冠军称号。
• Contending for Hegemony of Sea Power and the Rise and Fall of Russia and Soviet, and Historical Reflections
  海权争霸与俄苏的兴衰及其历史反思
• He was tiresome in contending for the value of his own labors.
  他老为他自己劳动的价值而争强斗胜，令人生厌。
• Ocean acidification is one of many [ stressors] that our marine environments are contending with right now.
  海洋酸化是我们的海洋环境现在正与之斗争的许多[胁迫因素]之一。
• 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。