challengers

英 [ˈtʃælɪndʒəz]

美 [ˈtʃæləndʒərz]

n.  (体育运动或政治的)挑战者
challenger的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (职位或头衔的)挑战者
  Achallengeris someone who competes with you for a position or title that you already have, for example being a sports champion or a political leader.
  1. Draskovic has emerged as the strongest challenger to the leader of the Serbian government...
     德拉什科维奇一跃成为塞尔维亚政府领导人最大的挑战者。
  2. The One Australia syndicate is to become the sixth challenger for the 1995 Americas Cup.
     名为“澳洲一号”的船队将成为争夺1995年美洲杯的第6个挑战者。

双语例句

• It's a sign to people that matter: major players and challengers to Kim Jong-il, says Daniel Pinkston, north-east Asia deputy project director at International Crisis Group.
  国际危机集团（InternationalCrisisGroup）东北亚地区项目副主管丹尼尔品克斯顿（DanielPinkston）表示：这是给那些紧要人士的一种信号：那些举足轻重的人以及金正日的挑战者。
• Even though all the votes have yet to be counted in Afghanistan, the top challengers in presidential race both see victory.
  尽管所有的选票尚未在阿富汗被统计，然而在总统竞选中的顶尖挑战者们都已经看到了胜利。
• Despite Tottenham's continued improvement, Ferguson believes United's closest challengers will come only from the usual suspects.
  虽然热刺一直在进步，但爵爷相信曼联最大的竞争者还是老面孔。
• The battle between the two main challengers has been dominated by niggling personal issues and trivial disputes.
  这两位竞争对手之间的战争主要围绕琐碎的个人小事和争议展开。
• Iranian officials say President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad overwhelmingly beat out three challengers, including his nearest rival, reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.
  伊朗官员说，总统艾哈迈迪内贾德以压倒优势击败三名挑战者，包括最接近的对手、改革派候选人穆萨维。
• Stuttgart, Schalke and Werder Bremen are expected to be the main challengers to Bayern with some oddsmakers tipping a steadily improving Bayer Leverkusen and a rejuvenated Hamburg SV as teams also in contention.
  斯图加特，沙尔克和云达不莱梅被认为是拜仁的主要挑战者，还有一些赔率制定者暗示，稳定改善的勒沃库森和年轻化的汉堡也在竞争中也有机会。
• Armed ethnic groups are influential in their territories, and ethnic parties could be main challengers to the junta's USDP in the poll.
  武装族裔团体在其领土有支配影响，少数民族党派作为主要挑战者竞争军政府的联邦巩固与发展党。
• Companies such as Apple and Google have also presented themselves as challengers to the establishment, but they have struggled to sustain that image as they have grown.
  苹果（Apple）和谷歌（Google）等公司也一直把自己描绘为既得利益的挑战者，但随着它们一步步发展壮大，它们将很难保持这一形象。
• Steele beat out four challengers including the incumbent Republican chairman, Mike Duncan, and Steele vowed to bring change to the Republican Party.
  斯蒂尔是击败了包括现任共和党全国委员会主席迈克·邓肯之后胜出的。他誓言要为共和党带来变革。
• But these four are under pressure from new entrants and fast-emerging challengers.
  不过，这四位领跑者已感受到了新上榜者和快速崛起的挑战者的压力。