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

• 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。
• After Japan attacked Burma, Burma became a strategic area essential for contending.
  日本南进后，缅甸成为战略必争之地。
• 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。
• Interestingly, the decision to coarsen can be made independent to the number of threads contending for the locks.
  有趣的是，是否进行锁粗化，与竞争锁的线程数量是无关的。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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 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”。
• 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。