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

• 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
• They had now attained colossal statures, and it seemed to him that he beheld within himself, in that infinity of which we were recently speaking, in the midst of the darkness and the lights, a goddess and a giant contending.
  现在它们有了巨大的身材；他仿佛看见在他自己心里，在我们先前提到的那种广漠辽阔的天地里，在黑暗和微光中，有一个女神和一个女魔，正在酣战。
• Any move away from the peg would have significant implications when insurers are already contending with low yields.
  在保险公司已在疲于应对低收益率之际，任何偏离盯住美元的联系汇率制度的举措都将产生重大影响。
• He's contending against someone with twice his experience.
  他在和经验比他丰富一倍的人竞争。
• 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。
• How many teams are contending for the cup this year?
  今年有多少个队来参加争夺奖杯赛？
• 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 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。
• The state is a product of a psychological struggle between the contending passions of pride and fear.
  他认为，国家是人内心强烈的自豪感，与恐惧感抗争的心理产物。
• 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。