contends

英 [kənˈtendz]

美 [kənˈtendz]

v.  (尤指在争论中)声称，主张，认为; 竞争; 争夺
contend的第三人称单数

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

• It may take even more than changes in the financial and cultural structures of employment for workers successfully to trade increased productivity and money for leisure time, Schor contends.
  可能出现更多的变化在金融的和文化的雇佣结构为员工顺利的去交换增长的生产力和为休闲花的钱，Schor主张。
• Countering this, Mr Clancy contends that Google's business model is based on obtaining the widest possible distribution: Google's interest is to make it cheap.
  对此克兰西先生进行了反驳。他声称，谷歌的商业模式是基于获得最广销售可能性。
• Nearly half a century, Virtue Ethics have developed to be a kind of moral theory which contends with utilitarianism and deontology.
  近半个世纪以来，美德伦理学已经发展为一种与功利主义和义务论相抗衡的道德理论。
• The government contends that he is fundamentalist
  政府认定他是原教旨主义者。
• Rajiv Rimal, associate professor in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society at Johns Hopkins University, contends that social media hold untapped potential for public health.
  约翰•霍普金斯大学健康、行为和社会系副教授RajivRimal主张，对公共卫生而言，社会媒体的潜能尚未被挖掘出来。
• Reflections and Contends on Creating the Existence Space of Chinese Wushu
  反思与争鸣：缔造中国武术的生存空间
• The administration contends that setting a timetable on the war assumes failure in Iraq.
  布什政府说设定撤军时间表会导致伊拉克战争的失败。
• Mr. Smith contends Vice is different.
  史密斯声称，Vice是不一样的。
• But her New York lawyer contends that "Lindsay" is an equally recognizable moniker for her client& like that of Oprah or Madonna.
  但她的纽约律师辩称，对于她的观众来说，“林赛”是一个同样可识别的名字&就像欧普拉和麦当娜。
• Manhattan dealer Richard Feigen contends that this pattern is hardly new.
  来自纽约曼哈顿的画商理查德费根（richardfeigen）表示这一现象并不稀奇。