contest的中文

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contest
/ kEn5test / v. / 5kCntest / n.

◙ noun
1. an event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport or other activity, or in a quality
• 竞赛，比赛
»a tennis contest.
  网球赛。
  a competition for a political position
• 政治职位的竞争
»a leadership contest.
  竞争领导岗位。
  a dispute or conflict
• 争论；争辩；争执；冲突
»a contest between traditional and liberal views.
  传统观点和自由观点之间的冲突。
◙ verb, [with obj.]
1. engage in competition to attain (a position of power)
• 竞争，争夺（权位）
»she declared her intention to contest the presidency.
  她宣布她打算竞选总统。
  take part in (a competition or election)
• 参加（竞争，选举）
»a coalition was formed to contest the presidential elections.
  组成联盟以参加总统选举。
2. oppose (an action, decision, or theory) as mistaken or wrong
• 对（行为，决定，理论）提出质疑（或异议）；反驳，辩驳
»the former chairman contests his dismissal.
  前主席对他被免职提出异议。
  engage in dispute about
• 争论；争辩；辩论
»the issues have been hotly contested.
  这些问题引起了激烈的辩论。

【IDIOMS】

◘ no contest
1. (chiefly US). another term for nolo contendere
• [主美] 同 nolo contendere
»he pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor counts.
  他对被控的两项轻罪申明不抗辩。
2. a decision by the referee to declare a boxing match invalid on the grounds that one or both of the boxers are not making serious efforts
• （裁判因拳手比赛消极而宣布）比赛无效，比赛作废
  a competition, comparison, or choice of which the outcome is a foregone conclusion
• 已成定局的竞赛（或比较，选择）
»when the two teams faced each other it was no contest.
  当这两支球队对阵时，一切已成定局。

【派生】

♦ contestability noun
♦ contestable adjective
♦ contester noun

【语源】

1. late 16th cent. (as a verb in the sense 'swear to, attest'): from Latin contestari 'call upon to witness, initiate an action (by calling witnesses'), from con- 'together' + testare 'to witness'. The senses 'wrangle, strive, struggle for' arose in the early 17th cent., whence the current noun and verb senses