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

• The color and the height together therefore show which locks are the most contended.
  因此，颜色和高度共同显示哪些锁的争用最激烈。
• Under those conditions the values in the synchronized block will never be contended for.
  在这种条件下，同步块中的值永远不会存在竞争。
• 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。
• 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
• In the American Civil War, the North contended against the South.
  在南北战争中，美国的南方和北方交战。
• S.lawmakers have long contended that China's tightly controlled exchange rate gives unfair support to its exporters.
  很多美国议员长期认为，中国严格管制的汇率对其出口企业构成了不公平的支持。
• 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。
• Sisters contended about silly trifles.
  姐妹们为鸡毛蒜皮的小事而争吵。
• 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。