beauty contest

英 [ˈbjuːti kɒntest]

美 [ˈbjuːti kɑːntest]

n.  选美比赛; “选美式”竞争(指互相竞争的公司或个人为说服某人采用其服务而举行的展示活动)

牛津词典

noun

• 选美比赛
  a competition to choose the most beautiful from a group of women
• “选美式”竞争（指互相竞争的公司或个人为说服某人采用其服务而举行的展示活动）
  an occasion on which several competing companies or people try to persuade sb to use their services

柯林斯词典

• 选美比赛
  Abeauty contestis a competition in which young women are judged to decide which one is the most beautiful.

双语例句

• She took the first place in the beauty contest.
  她在选美比赛中得了第一名。
• Have you ever entered a beauty contest? Yes, I have.
  你有没有曾经参加过一次美妙的比赛？
• Katie is going to enter a beauty contest.
  卡蒂即将参加选美比赛。
• Today is the Beauty Contest of fruit.
  今天是水果家族的选美比赛。
• Ann: Well. There's a beauty contest in Thailand just for fat beauties.
  泰国有一个选美比赛是专门为胖美人们而设的。
• She won the second prize in a beauty contest.
  她在一次选美比赛中赢得了亚军。
• Mommy, I'm going to be in a beauty contest.
  妈，我会参加选美。
• JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES once likened investing to judging a beauty contest.
  约翰梅纳德凯恩斯曾经将投资来衡量一个选美比赛。
• The final of the earliest recorded beauty contest in Britain took place, at Newcastle upon Tyne.
  英国最早有记载的选美赛比赛在泰恩河畔的纽卡斯尔举行。
• She entered for beauty contest last year and won the first prize.
  她去年参加了选美比赛，赢了一等奖。