contender

英 [kənˈtendə(r)]

美 [kənˈtendər]

n.  竞争者; 角逐者; 争夺者

复数：contenders　

TOEFL

Collins.2 / BNC.7968 / COCA.6684

牛津词典

noun

• 竞争者；角逐者；争夺者
  a person who takes part in a competition or tries to win sth
  1. a contender for a gold medal in the Olympics
     奥运金牌的争夺者
  2. a leading/serious/strong contender for the party leadership
     该党领导权最重要的 / 强劲的 / 有实力的角逐者

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 竞争者;争夺者
  Acontenderis someone who takes part in a competition.
  1. Her trainer said yesterday that she would be a strong contender for a place in Britain's Olympic squad...
     她的教练昨天说，她将是英国奥运代表队席位的有力争夺者。
  2. Our British Affairs correspondent reports on how the three contenders reacted to the news of the resignation.
     我们的“英国国内事务”记者报道了3名竞争者对辞职消息的反应。

英英释义

noun

• the contestant you hope to defeat
  1. he had respect for his rivals
  2. he wanted to know what the competition was doing
  Synonym:rivalchallengercompetitorcompetition

双语例句

• Vancl, an online clothing retailer which has also started selling other goods, is a strong contender.
  在线服装零售商凡客诚品（Vancl）也已经开始销售其它商品，成为一个极强的竞争者。
• Is Google a contender?
  谷歌是否也是一个竞争者？
• Four enhancements in 11.7 make Informix a real contender for larger warehouses and data vaults.
  版本11.7中的4个增强让Informix成为大型数据仓库和数据保管库的一个真正竞争者。
• The team is a serious contender for the title this year.
  该队是今年不可轻视的夺标竞争对手。
• He no longer saw himself as a contender in the presidential election.
  他不再把自己看作是总统选举中的一名竞争者了。
• He was a leading contender for the post.
  他是该职位的主要竞争者。
• Worse ever, the last contender ignores an opportunity under his eyes.
  更糟糕的以往一样，最后的竞争者忽略他的眼睛下一个机会。
• Her trainer said yesterday that she would be a strong contender for a place in Britain's Olympic squad
  她的教练昨天说，她将是英国奥运代表队席位的有力争夺者。
• Bradley has been considered a possible presidential contender himself.
  布拉德利本人就被认为是总统职位的有力竞争者。
• It is also interesting to see if it will be a contender for Android.
  同样还值得关注的是，webOS是否会成为Android的竞争者。