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

• 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。
• 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；
• Ocean acidification is one of many [ stressors] that our marine environments are contending with right now.
  海洋酸化是我们的海洋环境现在正与之斗争的许多[胁迫因素]之一。
• 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。
• Sihanouk might emerge in an important, perhaps decisive, role as a link between contending forces and as their balancer.
  西哈努克就有可能作为两个对立势力之间的联结人和平衡者发挥重要的，也许是决定性的作用。
• We widened the bottleneck by making these changes, and different workstreams weren't contending for resources.
  我们通过做一些改动来扩大瓶颈，这样不同的工作流就不会为资源而竞争了。
• 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 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 captains of the contending teams.
  参与争夺的各个队的队长。