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詞彙精選:contend的用法和辨析

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一、詳細釋義:

詞彙精選:contend的用法和辨析

v.

奮鬥,爭鬥,戰鬥 [I,T]


例句:

I have had to contend against the unkindness of his sister and the insolence of his mother.

我必須與他姐姐的冷酷和他母親的專橫抗爭。


例句:

It is hard to contend with poverty.

與貧窮奮鬥是很困難的。


競爭,爭奪 [I,T]


例句:

In order to explore the market better, the two main groups are contending for power.

爲了更好的開拓市場,兩大集團在爭權奪勢。


例句:

In practice, patriotism has many other enemies to contend with.

在實踐中,愛國主義有許多其它的敵人跟它競爭。


處理,對付,解決 [I,T]


例句:

His wife's ill health is something he has to contend with。

妻子身體不好,這是他必須全力對付的事情。


例句:

American businesses could soon have a new kind of lawsuit to contend with.

美國公司可能很快就要有一種新型的官司去應付了。


爭論,爭辯 [I,T]


例句:

Parents often contend over how to educate their only son well.

父母經常爲如何教育好他們的獨生子而發生爭論。


例句:

Different forms and styles in art should develop freely and different schools in science should contend freely.

藝術上不同的形式和風格可以自由綻放,科學上不同的學派可以自由爭鳴。


主張,聲稱 [T]


例句:

I am willing to admit that man is my brother, but I contend at the same time that I have get a lot of wicked relatives.

我樂意承認人類是我的同胞兄弟,但我同時聲明我還有了許多可惡的親戚。


例句:

Some blacks contend that racism has simply gone underground.

有些黑人聲稱種族主義如今只是由明轉暗。


二、詞義辨析:


compete,contend,contest,rival

這些動詞均可表示“競爭”之意。compete普通用詞,含義廣泛。既可指體育活動等活動中爭取優勝的相互競爭,也可指爲了自己的利益與他人競爭。contend指爲戰勝或擊敗對手進行不懈努力,強調拼搏。也可指口頭上進行有對立情緒或嚴重分歧的爭論。contest指爲爭奪土地、陣地、權力或榮譽等而展開的競爭。rival指在兩方或多方的競爭或比賽中,誰都想戰勝或比得上對手。


三、參考例句:


John has to contend with great difficulties.

約翰得與那些艱難困苦作鬥爭。


It is hard to contend with poverty.

對抗貧困是一件很困難的事情。


I had to contend with ingrain prejudice.

我不得不與根深蒂固的偏見作鬥爭。


The asylum seekers had to contend with continued bureaucratic obstruction.

尋求政治庇護的人得不斷地應付官僚主義的層層阻撓。


I'm going to contend with the tough client.

我得馬上去見那個難對付的客戶。


They have to contend against drought every year.

他們每年都得與乾旱做鬥爭。


These hypotheses, I contend, must be refutable in principle.

我認爲這些假說在原則上必須是可以反駁的。


In practice, patriotism has many other enemies to contend with.

在實踐中,愛國主義有許多其它的敵人跟它競爭。


The experts contend that the potential is simply too significant.

專家們聲稱潛力是非常重要的。


His firm must contend with the unwieldy Russian bureaucracy.

他的公司必須與俄羅斯龐大的官僚機構周旋。