contests

1. vi. & vt. 争夺,竞争 fight for; struggle for; compete for

1. [C]比赛,竞赛,竞争competition
2. [C]搏斗,争论,纷争contention

• contest sb's claim on the property驳倒某人对财产的要求
• contest an election争取选举获胜
• contest every inch of land寸土必争
• contest an issue争论问题
• contest a match比赛竞争
• contest a passage争夺道路
• contest the prize争夺奖品
• contest a seat争夺席位
• contest a statement驳斥某一说法
• contest a will对遗嘱提出异议

• contest bitterly辛苦地斗争
• contest ceaselessly无休止地斗争
• contest diplomatically外交斗争
• contest dramatically戏剧性地斗争
• contest hotly激烈地争夺
• contest successfully成功地驳倒
• contest violently残暴地竞争

• contest against the best runners与最优秀的赛跑选手竞争
• contest against a person与某人争论,与某人竞争

• begin a contest开始比赛
• end a contest结束比赛
• enter contest参加比赛
• hold〔run, stage〕 the contest举行比赛
• inaugurate a contest发起一场竞赛
• organize a contest组织一场竞赛
• watch a contest观看比赛
• win a contest赢得比赛

• bitter contest激烈的竞争
• decisive contest决赛
• musical contest音乐比赛
• violent contest粗暴的争夺

• beauty contest选美比赛
• composition prize contest作文评奖比赛
• poetry〔recitation〕 contest诗歌比赛
• speechcontest演讲比赛
• essay contest论文比赛

• in the contest在争论中

• contest against an opponent与对手的竞争
• contest among〔between〕…之间的竞赛
• contest at boxing拳击比赛
• contest for争夺…的比赛
• contest upon the question of对…问题的争论

speech contest演讲比赛

contest for和...对抗（后接物）

beauty contest选美比赛

singing contest歌唱比赛

contest with争夺

no contest无赛事；无竞争；不抗辩；无争议

close contest势均力敌的竞争(指竞选等)

enter the contest加入竞赛；参加比赛

fishing contest钓鱼比赛

1. She won a gold medal for her fine performance in the contest.
   她在竞赛中成绩优异获金牌。
2. This football match is an unequal contest.
   这场足球赛是一场实力悬殊的比赛。
3. Janet said she is thinking about attending a KTV contest.
   珍妮说她正考虑参加一个KTV歌唱比赛。

1. I intend to contest the judge's decision in another court.
   我准备下次开庭时反驳法官的判决。
2. We would hotly contest this idea.
   我们猛烈地批驳这一观点。
3. The soldiers contested every inch of ground.
   士兵们为争夺每一寸土地而斗争。