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

• 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。
• The fairy king and queen were contending over possession of the beautiful boy.
  仙王和仙后争着要占有这个英俊的孩子。
• We are contending with difficulties.
  我们正在向困难作斗争。
• The captains of the contending teams.
  参与争夺的各个队的队长。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• New Trends of Contending Over the Caspian Sea Oil Exploitation and the Attitude China should Take
  里海石油之争的新动向及我国应持的态度