contention

n.

竞争，争论；争夺；论点；

复数：contentions

bone of contention争论的焦点；争端的原因

contention window[通讯]竞争窗口

resource contention资源冲突；资源竞争

1. This is an issue of great contention at the moment.
   眼下这个问题是争论的热点。
2. The subject deserves contention.
   这个问题值得争论。
3. The judge balanced the contention of both parties .
   法官权衡了双方的争辩。
4. Three players are in contention to win the title.
   三个运动员在争夺这个项目的冠军。
5. My contention is that the government's plan would never have been successful whatever had happened.
   我的论点是无论发生什么事情，政府的计划都不会成功。

Contention-Aware Admission Control for Ad Hoc Networks
Contention-Aware Admission Control for Ad Hoc Networks
Contention-based forwarding for mobile ad hoc networks ☆
Advanced contention management for dynamic software transactional memory
IEEE 802.11 e contention-based channel access (EDCF) performance evaluation
“Hot spot” contention and combining in multistage interconnection networks
“Hot spot” contention and combining in multistage interconnection networks
Predicting Inter-Thread Cache Contention on a Chip Multi-Processor Architecture
“Hot spot” contention and combining in multistage interconnection networks
Rooms: the use of multiple virtual workspaces to reduce space contention in a window-based graphical user interface