contended

英 [kənˈtendɪd]

美 [kənˈtendɪd]

v.  (尤指在争论中)声称，主张，认为; 竞争; 争夺
contend的过去分词和过去式

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

• If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
  我的仆婢与我争辩的时候，我若藐视不听他们的情节。
• And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him
  及至彼得上了耶路撒冷，那些奉割礼的门徒和他争辩说
• We contended that every college student must have a command of a foreign language.
  我们坚持认为每位大学生必须掌握一门外语。
• We contended with each other for the prize.
  我们互相争夺那奖品。
• To keep themselves fit, they had made a contest, during which they contended each other.
  为了保持健康，他们进行了一场竞赛，在竞赛过程中，他们互相争斗。
• Contended synchronizations are slow because they involve multiple thread switches and system calls.
  争用同步之所以慢，是因为它涉及多个线程切换和系统调用。
• She contended that sheep do as much damage to the countryside as kangaroos.
  她力辩说羊对乡村的危害和袋鼠一样。
• Tsvangirai has repeatedly been detained by police and contended with warnings of a state-sponsored assassination plot.
  茨万吉拉伊已多次被警方拘留，并多次受到津巴布韦政府指使的暗杀警告。
• I contended that erasing personal history would only increase our sensation of insecurity.
  我辩解说抹去个人历史只会增加不安全感。
• Hearst contended that MandrakeSoft infringed upon King Features'trademarked character Mandrake the Magician.
  赫斯特认为，Mandrakesoft的侵犯国王特点'商标的性质Mandrake的魔术师。